HARARE – Pastor Gift Mwanza has released a second album titled Mwari Vachatisvitsa after a four-year break from music. Mwanza, an Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastor, says the new six-track offering revolves around God’s nature as the true elevator and transformer of people’s lives. “The album is all about the importance of God in everyone’s…
HARARE – Morgan and Tendai Dembo, sons of the late sungura music legend Leonard Musorowenyoka Dembo, are set to return to South Africa in October for two concerts. The Dembo siblings, who are backed by the Barura Express, have lined up the two shows in Johannesburg and in Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province. Wellington Mpandare, the…
HARARE – Book Café’s Wednesday Film Club presents a documentary on Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s first year as head of the West African nation. Titled Iron Ladies of Liberia (2007), this critically acclaimed film on Africa’s first elected female leader is presented by International Images Film Festival (IIFF) in conjunction with Pamberi Trust and The…
BULAWAYO – Rising gospel star Mathias Mhere last Saturday proved why he is popular in Bulawayo with another riveting performance. The Favour singer, alongside popular gospel artistes Charles and Olivia Charamba, was back in the City of Kings for an Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) fund-raising concert. Mhere shared the stage with Worship Addicts…
JOHANNESBURG – So as the Ruby housemates went to sleep, one-by-one and others two-by-two, there was another couple downstairs giving us something to wonder. Pokello and Elikem just couldn’t help themselves yesterday evening, they were just in their own world and Bolt caught it all on the Go Pro camera. It started off very subtly…
HARARE – In the last two decades, Zimbabwe has witnessed a lot of interest from bilateral and multilateral partners in bringing artistes to Zimbabwe as well as sending artists to other countries especially Europe. This is a positive development that enables Zimbabwe to benchmark its arts with that of other countries. There is no law…
HARARE – What is this hullabaloo about Big Brother and morals? Hallo; open your eyes and take a reality check. I have noted with raised eyebrows how people judge Big Brother Africa contestants on how immoral and unAfrican they are. First of all BBA was never about morals, that is why it is rated 18+,…
HARARE – Music legend Ambuya Stella Chiweshe really means it when she says the mbira is much more than a powerful traditional music instrument. Her long stay in Germany has not detached arguably Zimbabwe’s most celebrated female mbira player from the Shona culture she prides in. The recent discussion at the Book Café on the…
HARARE – After failing to make it in the Zanu PF primary elections, flamboyant businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi begrudgingly surrendered Goromonzi South Constituency to Beatrice Nyamupinga while drowning his sorrows in showbiz. Mutodi wrote on his Facebook page that he will no longer stop music as earlier indicated since his political ambitions have hit a brickwall….
HARARE – High-riding musician Jah Prayzah says a presentation ceremony for $12 000 and a musical kit he was promised by businessman Philip Chiyangwa and Tendai Savanhu respectively three months ago has been set for Mutare next month. The two politicians pledged the presents during a high-profile launch of Jah Prayzah’s fourth album Tsviriyo which…
