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Charambas drop videos
THE first couple of gospel music, Pastor Charles and wife Olivia Charamba — who recently embarked on ministerial work — are back to satisfy the needs of their music followers with a series of vide...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
DJ Tira brings Durban flavour to Bulawayo
AFROTAINMENT boss DJ Tira is set to bring the Durban flavour to his favourite hunting ground, Bulawayo, for a show at Cosmopolitan Night club next month. The show will be held on May 24 and is dubbed,...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
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So it's finally happened, you're engaged and it's time to start preparations for the wedding. This is one event that takes a lot of work and careful planning. From the venue to the guests, catering, e...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 10:21hrs | 3205 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwean man's odd haircut
You can imagine the dreadlocks or countless exquisite haircuts sported by youths that have been trending with stylists and barbers world over, but few will beat Murewa's Marufu.Mankind has bee...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:59hrs | 7457 | by Staff reporter
Mkhululi Bhebhe puts Zimbabwe on gospel map
"Dare to dream, and be brave enough to take opportunities when they come your way."This is the advice of gospel singing sensation, Mkhululi Bhebhe, who is fast making a name for himself abroad...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe likes Leonard Zhakata's music'
Zora music star Leonard Zhakata, 51 says former President Robert Mugabe is a genius and everyone knows that. At the peak of his musical career Zhakata used to grace the annual 21st February Movement m...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 17:59hrs | 11110 | by Staff reporter
S'khobokhobo drops two tracks
MUSICIAN-CUM-COMEDIAN Madlela S'khobokhobo has returned with two new tracks - Celebrate and As I Pray - featuring ethno-soul diva Thandy Dhlana, former Mokis frontman Themba "Bayoyo" Mathe and Bhajila...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:29hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Tedious Matsito dies
Sungura musician Tedious Matsito of the ‘gede mwana' fame has died.Matsito (48) died at Parirenyatwa hospital last night after suffering a stroke.His son Tedious Muchapedza Junior sa...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 19:54hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Mutambi to feature Macheso
Sungura artist Simon Mutambi the Cobra king is set to feature Sungura ace Alick Macheso in his forth coming album entitled "hazvipere mushe" next month.Performing at Club 1160 in Bindura on Fr...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:34hrs | 446 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Jah Prayzah drops Chikomo video
Award-winning musician Jah Prayzah has released a Chikomo video which is part of his Chitubu album. Jah Prayzah has been dropping videos from the Chitubu album in the recent past.Watch...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3819 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Slomo has no beef with Macheso
EXTRA Kwazvose frontman Francis "Franco Slomo" Dhaka (pictured) has refuted claims that he did not see eye to eye with his former boss Alick Macheso after many of his songs have been interpreted as ji...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 5304 | by Staff reporter
Dan Tshanda's Zimvavwe protégé keeps Splash alive
In the heat of a nostalgic moment as revellers are dancing and singing along to the sounds of the late Dan Tshanda at the Red Café' koBulawayo on a hot Sunday night, DJ Keitho drops a splash song by ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo back in Zimbabwe
UNITED Kingdom-based gospel diva Ivy Kombo-Kasi arrived back in the country yesterday afternoon for the first time in 14 years.The Handidzokere Shure hit-maker is expected to perform today at ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:32hrs | 2670 | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo promises new album
AFRO Fusion singer Andy Muridzo affectionately known as baba Keketso by his legions of fans promised his Mvurwi fans a new album set to be unleashed soon.Muridzo who gave a massive performance...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 429 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kwejani band is back!
AFTER an eight-year hiatus, Victoria Falls' sungura group Kwejani Band is back with a seven-track album. Fronted by Sizwangendaba Ncube, the Jambezi-based band had starved its fans who had bee...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 23:06hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF band leader gets death threats
Former Midlands province-based leader of the Zanu-PF-aligned band, Chimurenga IV, John Mutemeri (pictured), who ditched the rilling party to join the opposition MDC Alliance, has received threats over...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:13hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Majaivana's sad farewell
IT is the album that was almost never made. Isono Sami, released at the turn of the century by Lovemore Majaivana, was Majaivana's farewell, released when the artiste was about to turn his bac...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 7413 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Baba Harare abandoned by band members
Jit musician, Baba Harare has lost three band members.Drummer Tinashe Chihota, 24 , bassist Kudakwashe Yanika, 26, and keyboardist Tafadzwa, 23.Yanika spoke on the trio's reasons for d...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:42hrs | 2362 | by Staff reporter
Radio DJs now screening programmes live on social media
There is this story of a prominent yesteryear female radio DJ whose smothering and golden voice swept listeners for years.A lot of listeners, especially the males fell in love with her velvet ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:29hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Joburg concert shooter jailed 30 years
A ZIMBABWEAN national who killed his fellow countryman at Gift Amuli and Allan Ndoda's show at Hillbrow Theatre in Johannesburg two years ago, was on Tuesday sentenced to an effective 30 years in jail...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:12hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF band leader joins Chamisa's Alliance
Midlands province leader of a Zanu-PF-aligned music group - Chimurenga IV - John Mutemeri, has defected from the President Emmmerson Mnangagwa-led party to join the opposition MDC Alliance.Mut...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:52hrs | 3003 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo artiste blasts Mnangagwa
BULAWAYO artiste Njabulo "SizFire" Nyoni has lashed out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the song Cry of a Zimbabwean Child, blaming him for the current economic hardships and social unrest in the c...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Chimbetu's 'lovechild' preaches unity
Dendera musician Chamson Boroma, affectionately known as Aforomani, has released a six-track album titled Tiripamwe laden with social commentaries.Boroma, who claims to be the son of the late ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Winky D, Jah Prayzah rivalry renewed
The country's most sought-after musicians Winky D and Jah Prayzah coincidentally revived their "rivalry" in time to celebrate love through eye-catching videos for their singles Mugarden and Kunerima....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi memorial concert shelved
Government has postponed the proposed Tuku Peace Memorial concert which was meant to celebrate the life of the late national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi. The concert had been pencilled for this Satur...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:39hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Jah Prayzah and Misred drop Kunerima video
Award winning super star Jah Prayzah on Monday dropped an official video for his song Kunerima which is part of his latest album Chitubu.The video features celebrated radio personality Samanth...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6020 | by Mandla Ndlovu
I haven't arrived yet, says Seagirl
After bagging three awards in a space of three months, Bulawayo-based musician Novuyo Seagirl (27) still insists she hasn't reached her zenith.Seagirl last week won the Best House Music Song o...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:26hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Valentine's treat for maskandi lovers
The countdown to the day reserved to celebrate love, February 14, has begun with its traditional colours - red and white - set to be the most worn in the coming week. The overrated day has in ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:43hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | 5139 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Who will inherit Mtukudzi's vast empire?
A wife, four daughters with three different mothers, an unrecognised son with a birth certificate, and a rebutted daughter who made headlines seeking to be recognised.That sums up people with ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 9130 | by Mtandazo Dube
Nox Guni goes back to basics drops a gem Uchandifunga
Music prodigy Nox Guni has gone back to his formative years with a scorcher --- Uchandifunga!The single off his upcoming EP Ndingazodei has traits of his early days when he brought the sound fans ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 14:08hrs | 686 | by Israel Dube
Abafana bakaMzilikazi venture into splash music
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean music outfit, Abafana BakaMzilikazi has incorporated splash music into their genre as a way to widen their audience and market base, both locally and across the Limpopo. ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
An ode to Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi achieved both in life and in death what our national leaders have failed to do: uniting a deeply polarised and fractured nation.Such was his greatness.In life, he performed...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 683 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Catholic priest speaks on Mtukudzi
I didn't intend to write anything on Tuku at this time because there is so much going on out there. The nation and the world is struggling to come to terms with his passing, condolence message...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 06:35hrs | 5580 | by Fr Dominic Tomuseni SJ
Mtukudzi's ugly family split
Clashes over funeral arrangements for the revered musician have exposed long-standing rifts and a reconciliation.It was on a hot Wednesday afternoon that a beleaguered Zimbabwe began to come t...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:34hrs | 16473 | by City Press
'Tuku was a clever politician'
At the peak of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle (1975 to 1979) a group of brave local musicians rose to offer morale to the fighters and the supporting masses.Oliver Mtukudzi, together with Thom...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 15:38hrs | 2578 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mtukudzi was a true patriot: Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday described the late music superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi as a world-acclaimed musician who, however, remained patriotic to his country up to the time of his dea...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:56hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabweans to emulate Tuku
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to take a leaf from the late national hero, Oliver Mtukudzi, who never despised or sought to harm the nation despite his fame. In a speec...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi legacy under spotlight
The late music superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi will be laid to rest at his rural home in Madziwa, Shamva district in Mashonaland Central province today, amid revelations that it was the musician's ch...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:11hrs | 2417 | by STaff reporter
Mtukudzi grabs world headlines
THE death of Oliver Mtukudzi grabbed newspaper headlines around the world befittingly demonstrating the global influence of the Afrojazz icon's work and personality.Newspapers around the world...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:02hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Let's not lose the spirit of Ubuntu
Zimbabwe lost one of its finest musicians ever when Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi passed away in Harare on Wednesday afternoon after a long battle with diabetes.Before his death, Tuku had produced at...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Former manager speaks about Oliver Mtukudzi
Tributes continue to pour in for the national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi who died on Wednesday aged 66. Many have described the late music icon who contributed immensely to the growth of the music i...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 12:48hrs | 7154 | by Staff Reporter
Mtukudzi will not be buried with thieves as family snubs Heroes Acre burial
Oliver Mtukudzi will be buried in Madziva, Mashonaland Central, after the family passed up the offer of a National Heroes Acre burial.The legendary singer, who died from diabetes on Wednesday ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 10601 | by ZimLive
Tribute to Dr Oliver Mutukudzi - A Disability Perspective
When one reflects on such an artist and icon as is Dr. OLIVER MUTUKUDZI, one finds it difficult to even start writing WHAT'S ON ONE'S MIND about him. Suffice to say, TUKU, as we fondly called him, was...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:37hrs | 651 | by Timothy Mudarikwa
Mnangagwa's govt to pay Mtukudzi's funeral expenses
kudzi a national hero on Thursday, granting him a status following his death that has been a preserve for ruling party elites and independence veterans.Mtukudzi, 66, and affectionately known a...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:14hrs | 1721 | by Reuters
Mukanya mourns Oliver Mtukudzi
Thomas Mapfumo has been paying tribute to "great musician" Oliver Mtukudzi, who died on Wednesday.Mapfumo was briefly in the same band as Mtukudzi, the Wagon Wheels, in the 1970s and gifted hi...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | 4317 | by ZimLive
'Why do you worship guns?' Mnangagwa asked
A Bulawayo based protest poet Desire Moyoxide has released a contemporary poem commenting on the recent violent protests and police brutality that rocked the nation and the subsequent army and police ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 19:51hrs | 13349 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Social Media reacts to music legend Oliver Mtukudzi's death
Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has died after battling an unnamed illness for the past month.According to ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 15:59hrs | 6246 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Oliver Mtukudzi dies
Superstar musician Dr. Oliver Mtukudzi has died. He passed away in Harare on Wednesday afternoon. Writing his condolence message, former minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture David C...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 14:31hrs | 13346 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police fire teargas at gospel musician's house
Police on Moday fired a teargas at the flat of gospel musician Lorraine Maplanka Stot. Lorraine was indoors with her husband and children.Writing on Facebook Lorraine said, "Police are heartle...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:06hrs | 752 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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