HARARE – Jazz 105 in Harare is hosting this year’s edition of an All-White party tonight, an annual event that will pit Suluman Chimbetu supported by different artistes. This year the dendera musician is supported by a jazz outfit — Jabavu Drive. Yasini Dhala, Jazz 105 manager said patrons should wear white colours on the…
HARARE – Punchline Entertainment, owned by Hillary “Punchline” Mutake launched a website on October 23, in a move set to market musicians signed under his record label. Mutake started his record label in response to the need for a dancehall marketer for the rapidly growing music industry. He said his intention is to connect his…
GWERU – Super Patriots and Morons, an award-winning political satire theatrical play, by controversial and prolific Zimbabwean playwright, Raisedon Baya premiers at Midlands State University (MSU) as part of the Film and Theatre department’s educational component. Co-written by Leonard Matsa, the controversial play was first suspended in 2004 by the country’s censorship board during Harare…
HARARE – Lawyers representing award-winning theatre practitioner Tafadzwa Muzondo have finally filed an appeal with the Appeal Board against the banning of his play No Voice No Choice. Muzondo appealed, as set out in Section 19 of the Censorship and Entertainment Control Act, after struggling to locate the Appeal Board for more than a month….
HARARE – The Protest Arts International Festival (Paif)’s fourth edition kicks off tomorrow with the aim of promoting awareness on protest arts. Protest art is defined as in broad terms as creative works by activists and social movements. Social movements produce works like signs, banners, posters, and other printed materials used to convey a particular…
HARARE – Jive Zimbabwe, an online music distribution company is being launched today. Minister of Publicity and Information Webster Shamu and minister of Information communication Technology Nelson Chamisa will be guest speakers at the launch. The publicist manager at Kebab centre, Blessing Vava said this initiative would eradicate piracy in the country and make sure…
BULAWAYO – The Lions Clubs International District 412 has engaged young pupils in an art contest that seeks to encourage pupils around the world to come up with artworks that advocate for peace. More than four million children from nearly 100 countries have in the last 25 years taken part in the annual event dubbed…
HARARE – A local musical group has hit out at local music promoters of creating fake hype for “sons and daughters of legends” — turning them into success stories albeit them riding on their parents popular songs. RBG Top Sungura said while they have been working hard and releasing their own albums, the music promoters…
HARARE – Musician Alexio Kawara has signed a deal with Adrienne’s Restaurant in Belgravia to perform there at least twice a month. Adrienne’s is owned by Nicholas Mandeya who decided on the partnership with the talented singer. Kawara will begin his end of the deal on Saturday. “We are hoping to capture the imagination of…
HARARE – Over the weekend I had a fascinating outing as I attended a sculpture exhibition in Domboshawa, dubbed “Without Words in Domboshawa” and what an artistic experience it was. The exhibition, run by Shungu Trust for Deaf Youths is headed by Franz Keck of Little Zim-Art of Africa. It is mounted at the popular…
