HARARE – This year’s Shoko Festival will be a full bouquet with eight countries being represented at the celebrations. Represented countries will include the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Shoko Festival is back and taking over Harare, from today, September 18 to 23. Running under the…
HARARE – Once in a while the boys have to go out, and last Friday was no different as I and a few journalists friends attended Leonard Zhakata’s billed showcase slated at Harare’s Jazz 105. The place was already getting full when we arrived around 10pm as Sister Jean Masters took control of the stage…
HARARE – Perennially troubled Apama Styles founder and leader David “Apama” Machowa whose group members left him to form their group Madness Styles said the desertion will only strengthen him. Poor wages and lack of adequate welfare programmes led to Apama group member’s flight. “All the band group members have deserted me to form their…
HARARE – Renowned novelist Joyce Jenje-Makwenda an active female artiste has said marriage and motherhood are stumbling blocks to female entertainers’ advancement. Makwenda who is also a film and music producer said this while addressing female artists at a workshop funded by Hivos and the Norwegian Embassy at the Book Café in Harare. “Motherhood and…
HARARE – While the Zimbabwean arts industry has since 1980 steadily grown to become one of the most vibrant sectors, artists still feel their working conditions are poor. Without proper representative institutions standing in for artists’ social and economic welfare, the sector has lagged behind in terms of real growth and professionalism. Controversial playwright Cont…
HARARE – As you enter the Dominic Benhura stone sculpture studios in Greendale, Harare, a gigantic abstract piece titled “Kakombe” greets you. The sculpture’s story is not easy to read, but as the heavily dreadlocked artist, Stanford Derere explains to you the dynamics surrounding this creation, you feel enriched. After 27 years of sculpting and…
HARARE – Despite the closed clothing factories and the erratic electricity supply or the influx of cheep gaudy Chinese garments, Zimbabwe needs not be a fashion wasteland. The local fashion scene was last week reignited by an extravaganza of fashion shows during the Zimbabwe Fashion Week 2012. The fashion week is a platform to…
HARARE – Dzidzai ChiShona 4: Bhuku Revana, By George Mujajati and S Manyere, Harare, College Press, 2012. 164 Pages ISBN: 978-1-77900-547-2 (Paperback) Zimbabwe has very few writers who survive on their writing. This is especially so when you look at those that write fiction. Looking at the catalogue of Zimbabwean writers, both male and female,…
BULAWAYO – Paintings and installations by controversial painter Owen Maseko still lie banned, undusted and unattended at the National Gallery in Bulawayo’s main exhibition space. But with a Supreme Court judgment still hanging over his head, nothing seems to deter the versatile artist from demonstrating his natural creative aptitude coupled with passion. It’s over two…
By Tonderayi Zvimba HARARE – Zimbabwean beauty and Midlands State University Development Studies student, Bongani Dhlakama’s stressful ordeal while participating in the just-ended Miss World Pageant 2012 in Mongolia is a diplomatic and national embarrassment. No national beauty representative should be allowed to experience the traumatic experience and nerve-wrecking preparations or endure the disorganised itinerary…
