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Jeys Marabini is back!
Afro-Jazz musician Jeys Marabini announced his return on stage through an awe-inspiring performance on Saturday night during the launch of his 10th album titled Xola. He performed in front of a packed...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele was sold to sexual suitors without her knowledge
WHILE she is now a seasoned performer, Sandra Ndebele still recalls a time when she was a young star caught in the glare of the limelight, with socialites taking advantage of her naivety to "sell her"...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:50hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Romeo Gasa challenges Sungura artistes
Sungura musician Romeo 'Simbi Hombe' Gasa has challenged Sungura artistes to advance the genre.Speaking on the sidelines of...Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 10:20hrs | 381 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
All set for Jeys Marabini 10th album launch
EVERYTHING is in place for seasoned artiste, Jeys Marabini's much-anticipated 10th album launch this Saturday at the home of arts, the Bulawayo Theatre.Jeys said he is geared up for the launch...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Godolude steadily establishing fan base in Botswana
WHILE most rhumba musicians have made South Africa their second home, Mandlenkosi "Godolude" Mpofu has gone a different route and is steadily establishing a new market in Botswana where he recently la...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer and ex-minister laments death of provincial hero
"It's painful that one of our own dies whilst we have the means of assisting her", former State security minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube said last Wednesday at the funeral of a Zanu-PF official while su...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Insimbi ZeZhwane's 'inaudible vocals'
Rhumba music band, Insimbi ZeZhwane's latest album release has reignited the debate about their inaudible vocals, something that fans have always indicated each time the group releases new music....Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 18:43hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Pumula Arts Awards nominees unveiled
It is awards season and excitement among artistes is at a fever pitch as they wait with bated breath to see who will triumph. With nominees being unveiled for the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards, another aw...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers splurge US$23,000 at music album launch
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and Youth deputy minister Tinotenda Machakaire on Saturday irked poverty-stricken Zimbabweans after they both spent a whopping US$23 500 to buy Bulawayo-based musician Sa...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter§
Mthuli Ncube gets bashing for buying Sandra Ndebele's album for US$8,500
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has taken some social media bashing after buying musician Sandra Ndebele's newly launched album for US$8,500.The treasury boss was a conspicuous dignitary among a...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:23hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pays US$8 500 for Sandra Ndebele's latest album
November 12, 2022, will go down in the history of the arts in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe, not only as a celebration of Sandra Ndebele's 20-year career but as the day an album launch united the arts sector....Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:45hrs | 4706 | by Staff reporter
Jah Lemmy unleashes Zimbe Remoto
TRADITIONAL musician Ginatsia "Jah Lemmy" Nyanhete yesterday unleashed his single track Zimbe Remoto at Club 75 Ruyamuro in Guruve....Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 13:45hrs | 99 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sikhosana thanks fans with track Khiwa
Sikhosana Buhlungu feels like a blessed man and appreciates the outpouring of love from fans and well-wishers who catapulted his life from the doldrums of poverty and transformed it into the man he is...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Black Umfolosi continues Canada tour with two new members
Zimbabwean group Black Umfolosi will this weekend continue their tour of western Canada with a show in Errington, their second visit to the Vancouver Island community.The group, which speciali...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Jeys Marabini ready to perform at Zimbabwe Jazz fest
JAZZ muso, Jeys Marabini who was no longer to perform due to a debilitating illness is ready to return to the stage for his first public performance.The legendary musician is set to reunite wi...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Majaivana's love-hate relationship with Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is a subject that runs like a thread through Lovemore Majaivana's extensive catalogue of music.Perhaps, because he hails from the city, some might take it as given that Majaivana, wit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Hosiah Chipanga wants to be Mnangagwa's advisor
For many Zimbabweans, Hosiah Chipanga is a musician, whose long career has been overshadowed by his contemporaries like Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi, among others.Here and there, he has ...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:39hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana readies new single
MUSICIAN Sikhosana Buhlungu will next week Friday express gratitude to all those who have played a part in changing his life for the better when he releases an appreciation song titled Khiwa.T...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:40hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Nobuntu set for Atlanta show in the United States
ZIMBABWE'S world-acclaimed a-cappella group Ubuntu will this month perform at Georgia State University's Rialto Center for the Arts, in Atlanta.According to the university, the show is set for...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo fears for his life
EXILED Chimurenga musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says he will not be able to travel to Zimbabwe for the burial of his late brother Lancelot as he fears for his life.Lancelot, a percussionis...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 11:27hrs | 3142 | by Staff reporter
Chase Skuza to launch new album
THE 'King of Kalanga' Rhumba music Chase Skuza has released a four-track album after a five year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Entitled ukuhlakanipha Yibuthutha (cleverness does not mean...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 18:52hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Simbi hombe releases eighth album
Sungura musician Romeo "Simbi hombe" Gasa is tonight releasing his much awaited album titled "Phone yababa imhiripiri" at Casino Marina in Harare.Phone yababa imhiripiri is Gasa's eighth album...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 10:53hrs | 385 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Jeys Marabini recovering
LEGENDARY musician Jeys Marabini has paid homage to President Emmerson Mnangagwa as well as his fans for their continued support at a time when he has been unwell.Jeys has been struggling with...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Mbirano goes international
South African (SA) based Dj Rabaaz, well-known for pioneering the new sound of Gospel Mbirano in 2021 has just released an English praise God album titled...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 09:10hrs | 279 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Macheso, Gemma's world tour oversubscribed
SUNGURA muso Alick Macheso continues to fly high with his latest offering Tinosvitswa Nashe which he has taken to international stages.Macheso and his energetic band, Orchestra Mberikwazvo are...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo lights up Harare on Heroes Eve
Mbira musician Tatenda "Gushungo" Gomwe was on fire yesterday at Bar Rouge in Harare as he put fans in Heroes mood.Gushungo played right codes which attracted many people and made them appreci...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 12:37hrs | 7434 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Musarara to mobilize thousands of people for heroes day celebrations
ZANU PF Mazowe District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara is set to mobilize thousands of people for heroes day celebrations tomorrow at Nzvimbo High School in Chiweshe....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 10:42hrs | 1569 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Macheso is bigger than Ngwazi but .....
THE raging comparison of Sungura legend Alick Macheso and the emerging sungura star Mark Ngwazi reminds me of the late 1990s when a colleague brought Macheso's debut album, Magariro, to a party....Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:49hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
Platform One says Zimbabwe is second home as they lament bad treatment in SA
It was in 1992 at Pimville Square in Soweto when then teenagers Nani Tengo, Sonto Dladla and Neli Gwala, dressed in their Zulu maiden garb, danced while some passers-by looked on and others joined in ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 2387 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya releases lockdown production
EVERYBODY hates the dark. So does the ancestor of Bulawayo's music sector, Vusa Mkhaya who has released his fourth studio album titled Khanyisa.His latest offering consists of a dozen songs wh...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF hires Mark Ngwazi
ZANU PF district Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson for Mazowe Tafadzwa Musarara has hired Sungura musician Mark Ngwazi to perform at a party youth ...Published: 09 Jul 2022 at 18:11hrs | 4149 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Macheso packs Guruve hotel
Thousands of Sungura lovers around Guruve yesterday braved the cold and came to see the King of Sungura Alick Macheso live on stage....Published: 09 Jul 2022 at 18:05hrs | 4893 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Wanqoba' an absorbing burst of oomph
Gospel music singer Janet Manyowa combined some of the local and regional greatest gospel musicians for one of her most scintillating concerts at the ZITF Hall 3 in Bulawayo over the weekend, where sh...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:54hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Sha Sha 'divorces' DJ Maphorisa
WHEN songbird Sha Sha emerged as a force in what was then a bubbling amapiano scene in 2019, few would have imagined that she would ever leave the protective wing of Maphorisa, the man who discovered ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Macheso vs Ngwazi: Who hit the right chord?
The debate has been raging like a wild fire for almost a week now, and sungura music fans are clearly divided.The question has not been about who is better between veteran sungura musician Ali...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:14hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zimboy to manage Junior Brown
Harare-based self-made king of hip-hop Jnr Brown of the Tongogara fame is on the verge of redefining his music and claiming his crown again as he is working closely with Zimboy, a persona who will man...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Macheso gets Bulawayo's support
King of Sungura Alick Macheso has got a lot of support from musicians who are set to grace his Bulawayo show tomorrow. ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:20hrs | 920 | by Simbarashe Sithole
R Kelly gets 30 years in jail
Fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his fame to subject young fans - some just children - to systematic sexual abuse.Through tears and ang...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Macheso promises fireworks in Bulawayo
Legendary Alick Macheso "Cheso Power" is promising fire works this Sartuday in Bulawayo as he takes his new album "Tinosvitswa nashe" to the city of Kings.https://www.youtube...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 15:52hrs | 1121 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mark Ngwazi comparison an insult to Macheso, says promoter
LOCAL music promoter, Wanisayi ‘Mahwindo' Mthandwa, has scoffed at comparisons made on social media between rising star, Mark Ngwazi and Sungura maestro, Alick Macheso, saying the debate is an insul...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:37hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
Godolude returns from SA
RHUMBA dancer-cum-musician Mandlenkosi "Godolude" Mpofu has returned home from South Africa.Godolude, who leads The Friendly Brothers band also known as Eze Energy, said he decided to come bac...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Macheso plays guitar with towel
King of Sungura proved to be genius after playing his guitar with a towel at Shamwari Joe hotel in Mvurwi yesterday.Some call him Extra basso or Baba Sharo due to his multi t...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 14:37hrs | 3667 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mark Ngwazi samples new album
Sungura giant Mark Ngwazi and his Njanja Express sampled some of their songs in the looming new album "Nharo nezvine nharo."Thousands of Sungura could not let Ngwazi go as he was given little ...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 16:28hrs | 2537 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Politicians must not politicise development
CHIREDZI residents have urged elected officials and politicians to end polarisation and collectively focus on serving the community in a transparent and non-partisan manner.Speaking during a c...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:26hrs | 106 | by Alexio Rashirai
Macheso pockets US$20k from Tin Mac on album launch dinner
KING of Sungura Alick Macheso walked away US$20K richer on Thursday night after the guest of honour at his album launch event Sports and Youth deputy minister Tino Machakaire bought the album for US$1...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 09:30hrs | 12105 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should always play a track from Simon "Chopper" Chimbetu's album Survival - it is informative and educative.This is a well-choreographed song wh...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1773 | by Leonard Koni
Insimbi ZeZhwane drops first video
Fast-rising rhumba band Insimbi ZeZhwane has dropped its first video of their latest single Imbulumakhasane which they released over the weekend.The video was shot in South Africa where the aw...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Look out for Madlela on Amanxeba drama series
WHENEVER the word Madlela Skhobokhobo is mentioned, many, if not all of us think of a comic character known for funny skits and Rhumba songs.That is set to change as the 50 du! singer is set t...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 18:31hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Yaya Saru to grace Macheso's album launch dinner
Actress cum Afro Fusion musician Memo "Yaya Saru" Chinamasa will be part of the performing guests at the King of Sungura Alick Macheso's album launch dinn...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 21:20hrs | 1337 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Iyasa release Babizeni Bonke
Multi-award-winning dance troupe Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa) will today release their much-anticipated song Babizeni Bonke whose music video was shot in the high-density suburbs of Bula...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:45hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
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