GOSPEL singer Mambo Dhuterere, pictured, will grace the next edition of Y2K Promotions’ Sama Festival in the United Kingdom (UK) alongside Ex Q, Mbeu, Baba Harare and Winky D. Dhuterere was ushered into the showbiz limelight last year after launching his life changing album Dare Guru with plug songs such as Mweya Ndisesekedze and Dare…
ZORA music star Leonard Zhakata this month celebrated his 52nd birthday albeit under the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown, which did not allow him to meet and celebrate with his fans. The Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with the award-winning singer who, at his peak, would sell a staggering 150 000 album…
SIX lucky members from Nhimbe Trust’s Women in Theatre & Television programme who each received a Covid-19 digital resilience grant of $2 500 have since successfully utilised the money to upgrade their projects. Feedback from recipients showed that the grants were efficiently and effectively utilised. Getrude Munhamo said the Digital Resilience support has indeed gone…
ORGANISERS of the annual Mr and Miss Twins have called off this year’s edition of the unique pageant due to lack of sponsorship, the organisers have said. “Our sponsors are not in a better position to help us this year because of the effects of Covid-19. As a result, we have decided to cancel this…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.z AT LEAST 15 musicians have collaborated on an Oliver Mtukudzi tribute single titled Tribute to Tuku which is accompanied by a video. In the song, artists that include Terry Afrika, Anold Gara, Tsotsi, Comic Pastor, Mzimba, King James, Lazzie T, Mannex and Lutah King narrate different experiences they had with the late…
Blessing Masakadza LIFESTYLE WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw CONGOLESE born singer Desolo B, has roped in chanter Soul Jah Love and rapper Ti Gonzi on a new single titled I’m In Love, one of several songs the singer has lined-up for this year. Desolo B, who will be working with Diamond Studios, said he will not let Covid-19 scuttle…
LIFESTYLE WRITER AWARD-WINNING gospel music star, Minister Michael Mahendere, has dropped a Christian rock single which he hopes will broaden his following beyond Zimbabwe. The song titled Revival- I won’t be left behind is a foretaste of an Afro-rock project that Mahendere is working on. “For the past two years I have been travelling out of Zimbabwe to…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.z ACTRESS Jesesi Mungoshi has blasted government for neglecting outstanding local artists like her late husband Charles, who she said died poor as a result. The veteran actress, popularly known as Neria, a name she earned after playing the lead role in the award-winning film Neria, told journalists yesterday at her home in…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw MAGAMBA TV in conjunction with Bustop Tv have launched a school of satire in Harare meant to promote and develop the genre, the Daily News reports. “We have seen more and more of young content creators and satirists who use humour to speak truth to power. So as Magamba TV…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MUSICIAN Felistas Murata popularly known as Mai Titi has been hit with a $500 000 defamation lawsuit after labelling interior design businesswoman Memory Muyaka a prostitute, witch and gossiper through Facebook broadcasts. Muyaka who is a director and shareholder of Khloe’s Home and Décor (Pvt) Ltd wants the $500 000…
