Massive launch @ Borrowdale Country Manor
FOLLOWING the official unveiling of his 65th album at a luncheon for journalists, deejays, music promoters and radio presenters, among other stakeholders at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton, Oliver...
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Jah Prayzah losing the plot?
Prince Mushawevato and Andrew Moyo IS musician Jah Prayzah fast losing the plot or is he simply a victim of promoters that are using his brand to line their pockets at the expense of his career? Since...
View ArticleLeadership Magazine names ‘100 most powerful’
ANOTHER list of “Zimbabwe’s Top (Under 40) 100 Most Powerful Leaders of 2016” made rounds on social media last week – prompting a barrage of feedback. A lot questions were asked about the criteria used...
View ArticleShoko can be better than this
Takudzwa Chihambakwe WITH the Harare International Festival of the Arts and several other creative platforms out of the picture due to various reasons, chief among them lack of funding, 2016 was an...
View ArticleNyandoro relives disaster
TODAY marks the first anniversary of an event that gave Jive Zimbabwe director Benjamin Nyandoro a baptism of fire. His much hyped “Celebrate Local” concert, which was held at the iconic Harare...
View ArticleNo one needs a new ‘MacGyver’
The Big & Small Screen When watching a movie, especially the boring and predictable types, I play a game of “who would you rather . . . “ Over the years I have perfected the game, and removed all...
View ArticlePractise eco-friendly gardening
Andrew Mangwarara MODERN society has created robust industries that manufacture the goods we use in our homes and factories, although many of the used products end up as waste. However, we can create...
View ArticleAward-winning writing from Africa
Beyond the Cover THE decision to publish some of the stories short-listed for the Caine Prize for African Writers was a blessing to the continent’s literary scene. These publications have exposed the...
View ArticleSilently sculpting way to the top
HE remains an unknown quantity in the local visual arts sector. But away from home he has been immortalised in dozens of prominent artworks in South Africa, Germany, Australia, Canada and the United...
View ArticleMorgan Heritage jets in Wednesday
FANS of reggae royalty, Morgan Heritage (pictured) , pressed panic buttons a fortnight ago when Kenya announced it had cancelled the reggae band’s performance in that country. A few other countries...
View ArticleSeh Calaz in censorship storm
ZIM dancehall star Tawanda Mumanyi, popularly known as Seh Calaz, faces arrest for allegedly recording and distributing an obscene song, The Sunday Mail Leisure has learnt. The artiste could be charged...
View ArticleWinky D, Oskid go to war . . . Dancehall star erases mega producer from album
WINKY D’s much-awaited album could suffer a stillbirth. An ongoing war threatens to scupper months of studio work as Winky D has clashed with the producer of his album, Oskid, over the erasure of his...
View Article‘Escape’ shows local films can do it
Andrew Moyo How true is Zimbabwe International Film Festival director Elton Mjanana’s claim that local productions have a long way to go before they can be considered to headline events of an...
View ArticleThese seven are plain magnificent
Tinashe Kusema The Big & Small Screen AN African-American bounty hunter, a Mexican outlaw, an Asian assassin, a Caucasian gun-slinging gambler, and an exiled Comanche warrior enter a bar and order...
View Article‘Madam Boss’ love affair continues
Leisure Reporter Dendera crooner Suluman “Sulu” Chimbetu and Zora exponent Leonard Zhakata will today (October 9) team up for a family show at Vicaz Place (PaZindoga) in Harare. Vicaz Place is fast...
View ArticleDiana Samkange unveils ‘Kwaedza’
Leisure Reporter Singer Diana “Mangwenya” Samkange will do an album review and launch concert at The Volt in the capital this week. The musician who is fresh from a tour of the United Kingdom is...
View ArticleStimela: When the train stops
Prince Mushawevato THIRD Generation band member Fatima “Stimela” Katiji, who is under the weather, says she misses being on stage and going through the paces that have come to define her. Third...
View ArticleJameson toasts Vic Falls Carnival
Andrew Moyo THE Jameson Vic Falls Carnival, whose staging this year was in doubt over sponsorship issues, is back on track. One of the organisers of the year-end festival, Darryn Lee, said he was glad...
View ArticleMachipisa footbridge loves theatre
“The idea we have is to construct a theatre on one end of the bridge and on the other end we will have a shop selling CD’s, craft works, DVD’s amongst many other arts related materials. We will also...
View ArticleVeteran writers roost, new breed rises
Andrew Moyo Beyond the Cover — GROWING up in the ‘90s and having developed a love for reading early in life, I was exposed to literature from some of the best Zimbabwean writers of that time. Zimbabwe...
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