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BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Catching up with Lovemore Majaivana
IT was quite refreshing to be able to speak to Lovemore Majaivana again after 13 years. False rumours had begun to do the rounds that he was dead.In 2008, we boarded the same flight from Harar...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:32hrs | 135 | by Fred Zindi
Busi Ncube still in the groove
SHE is 58, has clocked 34 years on the music scene and despite having lost colleagues who were part of the much-decorated music outfit, Ilanga, that included Andy Brown, Don Gumbo and Dickson Chingair...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo photographer publishes photobook
BULAWAYO-BASED photographer, Mgcini Nyoni has published a photobook titled #ConvergenceZW which will be launched at Amakhosi Cultural Centre on Saturday.In an interview with NewsDay Life &...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Busi Ncube still in the game
Music legend and True Love hit maker, Busi Ncube, says she has fond memories of the group Ilanga and has vowed to carry on the legacy left by some of her departed colleagues in the once star-studded o...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:19hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Is Andy Brown's badluck haunting daughter?
IT'S quite beyond imagination that one of Zimbabwe's treasured stars, the late Andy Brown, whose influence positively changed the face of the music industry and made yester year's jamboree music fiest...Published: 20 May 2018 at 08:55hrs | 4135 | by Staff Reporter
Nobuntu, Sandra to share Busi Ncube's stage
ALL-female Imbube group Nobuntu and singer-cum-dancer Sandra Ndebele feel honoured to be sharing the Bluez Cafe stage tonight with veteran songstress Busi Ncube who will be launching her 10-track albu...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 05:58hrs | 466 | by Staff Reporter
Busi Ncube speaks on Cde Chinx, career
IF True Love, that irresistible jam that has lit up Zimbabwean weddings and parties since the 80s, is Ilanga's greatest accomplishment, then it is also without question Busi Ncube's finest hour as a p...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:17hrs | 1490 | by Staff reporter
Ilanga lead guitarist Mbambo dies
FORMER Ilanga lead guitarist Rodger Mbambo has died. He was 59.Mbambo died at his family home in Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo on Sunday after a long illness.Chronicling Mbambo's last ho...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:33hrs | 685 | by Bongani Ndlovu
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - Owning your song - the difference between good and great
As a music producer and Dj in Hillbrow, I get to hear a lot of singers sing songs that another artist has made popular. In my experience, most people attempt to sing the song exactly the same way as t...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 12:51hrs | | by DJ-Sticha
Busi Mhlanga flies Zimbabwe flag high in foreign lands
UK based singer Sibusiso Mhlanga is flying the flag for the Zimbabwean nation with her colourful traditional attire and socially conscious lyrics. Popularly known as Busi Mhlanga, she is currently wor...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 00:24hrs | 8472 | by Mafu Sithabile
Zimfest hits Oslo for the second year running
After a successful launch in 2015 all is set for the second annual Zimfest in Oslo Norway. The event which brings together the small but vibrant Zimbabwean and African community in Oslo as well as a g...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 15:55hrs | | by Mike Tashaya
Bulawayo music apathy: Who is to blame?
THE common phrase at the onset of a new year is, "Out with the old and in with the new".For many, this statement is vital as they seek to rid themselves of demons from the past year and focus ...Published: 10 Jan 2015 at 09:03hrs | | by Bruce Ndlovu
Prof Jonathan Moyo to grace Inxusa festival
THE Inxusa Theatre Festival is set for a massive relaunch this year after more than a decade's suspension with Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo expected ...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 05:48hrs | 3425 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Sniper steal Hifa thunder
As the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), dubbed the "longest night of the year", slowly fades into a distant memory, the reminiscences that the festival left in the minds of those in a...Published: 12 May 2013 at 04:30hrs | 2030 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Culture Festival a success
The team leader of Bulawayo Culture Festival, Butshilo Nleya and his team can say WE DID IT confidently. The team pulled off what many pundits did not think they would: Staging the first ever Bul...Published: 29 Apr 2013 at 17:42hrs | | by Mgcini Nyoni
Bulawayo Culture Festival set for 26 - 27April
After many months of hard work, sleepless nights, negotiations, marathon meetings and all the in-between activities that are essential for the successful hosting of a festival of the magnitude of Bula...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 18:10hrs | | by Mgcini Nyoni
Busi Ncube set to rock Esigodini
ONE of Zimbabwe's revered songbirds Busi Ncube who is in the country, is set to treat her folks to a musical fest as she performs in her hometown Esigodini for the first time in her career spanning al...Published: 20 Apr 2013 at 08:13hrs | 2763 | by Staff reporter
Busi Ncube set to rock Esigodini
ONE of Zimbabwe's revered songbirds Busi Ncube who is in the country, is set to treat her folks to a musical fest as she performs in her hometown Esigodini for the first time in her career spanning al...Published: 20 Apr 2013 at 05:52hrs | 3064 | by Staff Reporter
Busi Ncube back in the game
"DON'T write me off yet" was the bold message songbird Busi Ncube delivered when she and afro-jazz sensation Edith weUtonga shared the stage at the Book Café on Saturday night.The cont...Published: 09 Apr 2013 at 02:54hrs | | by Arts Correspondent
Boxing legend Evander Holyfield to grace Oliver Mtukudzi's Hoza 2012 show
Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Evander Holyfield is eager to meet Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi and see the Zimbabwean Afro-Jazz maestro perform at London's O2 arena this Friday (17 August 201...Published: 15 Aug 2012 at 18:26hrs | | by Henry Makiwa
HOZA presents Tuku, Busi Ncube, Prudence Katomeni, Shingai Shoniwa in London
On the 17th of August, the legendary ‘King of Zimbabwean music' Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi will headline the HOZA 2012 music and cultural show at the IndigO2 which will ...Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 09:21hrs | | by Henry Makiwa
World music great Oliver Mtukudzi to be honoured in London
Zimbabwean World Music and Afro-Jazz maestro, Oliver Mtukudzi is to be celebrated with an honorary award for his contribution to charity and humanitarian causes at London's iconic O2 arena next week....Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 08:51hrs | | by Henry Makiwa
Andy Brown dies at 50
Former ILanga member died late Thursday at the age of 50.Brown who was once married to Mbira musician Chiwoniso Maraire died at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare at 4pm.It is yet to be ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 14:31hrs | 391 | by Bhebhe Mandla and Thomas Jubane
Mantongande Wins Zim UK Gospel Music Award
Simangenkosi 'Mantongande' Nkala, ...Published: 01 Dec 2011 at 10:04hrs | 2407 | by Million Songanga Moyo
Up Close & Personal with Mantongande
Simangenkosi 'Mantongande' Nkala, nee Dube, is a breakthrough gospel singer helping to fill a huge void in Ndebele music which is struggling to catch on after the golden era of Solomon Skuza, Ndux M...Published: 03 Nov 2011 at 08:48hrs | 1620 | by Nare Msupatsila
Zimbabwean music videos not good enough
Zimbabwe is this year out of the Channel O Music Video Awards as no Zimbabwean Video has been nominated for any Awards.Although there are not many Zimbabwean videos that have made it to the MT...Published: 24 Aug 2011 at 09:30hrs | 1015 | by Reporter
Has Lovemore Majaivana quit music forever?
I regret not being able to speak Ndebele. That realisation came when I introduced myself as a Zimbabwean to a business partner in Johannesburg recently.He started speaking to me in Zulu. He ...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 12:14hrs | 4554 | by Fred Zindi
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