HARARE - For four years now, gospel musician Pastor Charles Charamba has been attending music school at the Zimbabwe College of Music, a tall order indeed for the singer who has had to balance this with his music career and family....

HARARE - Twenty- three finalists, who are in the running for the Miss Carnival Queen and Miss Heritage Zimbabwe title, will begin an eight-day camp at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare on Thursday. The official induction dubbed “Carnival Queen Sashing Ceremony”...

HARARE - In a country in which few models can boast of being ambassadors of global brands, it is not difficult to understand why Betty Gugulethu Moyo is thrilled to be the first ever Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe (Bofoz). Betty...

BULAWAYO - Afro-jazz icon Jeys Marabini is a man on a mission to restore Bulawayo’s status as Zimbabwe’s arts hub. The popular musician born Majahawodwa Ndlovu says Zimbabwe’s second largest city is now a pale shadow of the country’s former industrial...

HARARE - The planned tour of Zimbabwe this month end by two popular American gospel artistes Cece Winans and Pastor Donnie McClurkin is off. Red Ink Events, who were behind the efforts to bring the popular duo to Zimbabwe, failed to...

HARARE - The Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) promised an opening show awash with legendary music, dance and visuals and that is exactly what they delivered on Tuesday night. Directed by Asa Jogi, graduates from Zimbabwean talent search show Starbrite...

HARARE - Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has introduced monthly comedy nights which seek to identify young talented comedians. The first talent search shows will take place on May 29 at Londoners Night Club. Ncube told the Daily News yesterday of his...

HARARE - Dendera musician Tryson Chimbetu will finally launch his fourth album Compass tomorrow at Ligi Sports bar in Harare. Compass was supposed to have been released earlier this year during the commemoration gig of his father Naison on March 22....

HARARE - Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, sungura kingpin Alick Macheso and dendera star Suluman Chimbetu will headline the three-day Mutare festival set for the eastern border town next month. The festival, which will run from May 17 to 19 at...

HARARE - Pastor G has lined up a duet with South Africa-based Nigerian gospel music artiste Yolanda Ugo. The duo’s imminent collaboration is being facilitated by Joe Machingura the executive producer of Zimbabwean music label Heshi Mfeshi and Zimbabwean dancehall star...

HARARE - A new film which profiles Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will premiere in Harare today. The documentary titled Villain or Hero? traces how one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders mutated from being the darling of the West into a “villain.” Directed...

HARARE - Busi Ncube is as timeless as they come and one of Zimbabwe’s greatest, best-beloved artistes. Former lead singer of 1980s band Ilanga, and now based in Norway, Ncube plays an infectious fusion of music from all over the world....

HARARE - Talented jazz singer Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana teams up for a once-in-a-lifetime performance with gifted singer/songwriter Alexio Kawara. Prudence is a much-beloved jazz vocalist whose stage performance is vibrant and sassy. Referred to by some as a great Zimbabwean jazz voice...

HARARE - Telecel Red have continued their $50 000 plus sponsorship of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) main stage. This year’s Hifa, which will run from April 30 to May 6, will be the fourth year in succession...

HARARE - Trailblazing jazz artiste Dudu Manhenga, launched her first ever gospel album at the Book Café on Wednesday, and crafted seven packages which partners can invest in. Dudu has lined up four official launches of For You, her new gospel...

HARARE - Book Café will join the world in celebrating the second International Jazz Day with a concert featuring some of Zimbabwe’s top and budding jazz artistes on Saturday afternoon. Commemorations of jazz on an internationally recognised day began in 2011...

HARARE - With music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi not performing at this year’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa), his daughter Selmor is ready to hoist the Mtukudzi flag with pride and dignity. Selmor, one of Zimbabwe’s rising musical talents will share...

HARARE - Pole dancer Zoey Sifelani has chosen her mentor Rockford “Roki” Josphats as the guest of honour during her birthday celebrations set for Holly’s Hotel this Sunday. Zoey, the leader and founder of the dance group Red Angels who turns...

HARARE - After many years of near-misses, the album Syllabus has propelled dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu to the top of Zimbabwe’s music industry. Despite being the son of late music legend Simon Chimbetu, Sulu’s rise to the top was far from...

HARARE - Emerging film producer Porcia Mudavanhu believes she stands a good chance of landing an accolade at this year’s Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Gender Protocol Media Awards to be held later this month in South Africa. The awards, which...

HARARE - The European Union has facilitated the participation of top Senegalese musician, Baaba Maal and one of Zimbabwe’s most promising bands, Mokoomba during this year’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa). Maal, a globally-recognised Senegalese music icon who is loved...

HARARE - South Africa-based urban groover Enock ‘Nox’ Guni is delighted to be the supporting act of Zimbabwe music legend Thomas Mapfumo’s show in the United Kingdom next month. Guni and the exiled music legend are scheduled to share the stage...

HARARE - Renowned theatre practitioners, media personnel, lawyers and the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, Nacz, recently met in Gweru to explore on how to professionalise the theatre sector and undertake an audit of existing theatre associations. The national Indaba was...

HARARE - Dancehall artiste Sniper Storm, who refused to perform as a supporting act to South African kwaito group Big Nuz at the weekend, has ripped into the show’s promoter for breach of contract. Sniper took to Facebook to vent out...