WHILE the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has created an unprecedented burden on the travel and tourism sector, all action to restore open trading conditions should be taken as soon as it is feasible to do so, whether in stages or in whole, a hospitality executive has said. Tourism Business Council of Zimbabwe (TBCZ) president Winnie Muchanyuka…
CRESTA Hotels will reopen two of its five Zimbabwean properties on Monday, all five having been closed since the start of the national lockdown. Cresta Hotels’ group managing director in Zimbabwe Chipo Mandela said the two hotels resuming operations will be Cresta Oasis Hotel and Apartments in Harare and Cresta Churchill Hotel in Bulawayo. “The…
DENDERA music star Suluman Chimbetu yesterday donated an assortment of goods to orphans on behalf of Hope of Life Zimbabwe which are meant to alleviate the effects of coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on poor communities, the Harare-based social organisation brought smiles to orphans in Glen Norah A Extension where it…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH African gospel singer Sipho Makhabane will on Sunday feature as guest of honour during a gospel music online programme aimed at keeping the genre alive in this lockdown period. The programme will consist of live interviews with musicians sharing their gospel music industry experiences. Makhabane will be accompanied by…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ IN an exciting development, local hip-hop singer Edmore “Eddy G” Godo, 31, has signed under the management of Australia-based Afrimarque Music Group. His first ever professional release was the track Usatye which he recorded at Tony Fresh’s Kunta Records in Chitungwiza featuring the Ward 24 duo despite having to…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw THE late gospel music icon Brian Sibalo’s siblings in collaboration with United Kingdom-based musician Timothy Ngwenya recently celebrated the singer’s life and musical legacy with an online concert. During the concert, Ngwenya together with the late Sibalo’s brothers joined forces in rekindling the late singer’s composing exploits by singing his…
INTERNET Content Adaption Protocol (ICAP), a United States-based company has roped in some local singers on a song titled Apart/Together. ICAP confirmed that Dereck Mpofu and Albert Nyathi wrote the song and then co-produced it with Clive ‘Mono’ Mukundu at Monolio Studios in Zimbabwe. In an interview with the Daily News, Mpofu said: “Technology played…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw THE Victoria Falls has reached its highest water flows in a decade as authority data shows four times more water is now flowing over the world’s largest waterfall than at this time last year recorded as of April. At least 3 922 cubic metres per second were recorded compared…
THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe(Nacz) in partnership with Unesco will present ResiliArt, an online debate series with key industry professionals and artists both established and emerging artists in Zimbabwe. On Thursday (14 May) between 1100 and 1230hrs, ResiliArt Zimbabwe will present a discussion under the banner: Artists and Creativity Beyond Crisis. The panellists will…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa-based reggae artiste Proud Marata aka GameBoi or Mr Khaki Entertainer has bemoaned the current coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown as it has grounded all his plans for the year. GameBoi said: “This lockdown has indeed been very hard on me to the extent that we are almost mid-year and I…
