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Jonasi falls short in America's Got Talent Season 19
The search for the first comedian to win America's Got Talent (AGT) without a puppet continues as Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi came close but fell short in his pursuit of the grand prize last ...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:29hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Ntando van Moyo gig
Finally, it's happening!After disappointing fans with a postponed event, renowned comedian Ntando Van Moyo (pictured) is poised to make a grand comeback with a solo performance on 28 September...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean-born comedian makes Simon Cowell and Americans cry from LAUGHTER!
Comedian Learnmore Jonasi, a 31-year-old Pittsburgh resident born in Zimbabwe, is having a moment this summer on NBC's "America's Got Talent," making it into the Top 44 with his next appearance tonigh...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 16:41hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
KwaNtuthu Comedy takes shape
The KwaNtuthu Comedy Festival will take place from October 24 to 26 at the Bulawayo Theatre, featuring a theme of "Engage, Educate, Entertain." The festival's schedule includes a theatre performance o...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 10:17hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Comedians target 'wealth' around Wicknell Chivayo
COMEDIANS Doc Vikella and Bhutisi, known for their ties to Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF, are trying to get a piece of the action from big spender Wicknell Chivayo. Doc Vikella is known for ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
Ex-detainee, JP appeals for GD6 from Chivhayo
Political activist, Paddington Japajapa has appealed and extended his begging bowl to Sir Wicknell Chivhayo if he could summon Victor to handover (him) a GD6 offroad, full service kit and fuel coupons...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 21:35hrs | 7 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 4 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
ZANU PF councillor walks the talk
Mvurwi Ward 3 ZANU PF aspiring councillor Shingirai Runganga has started his campaign today on a high note.The councillor donated a grinding mill in his ward which will serve every person in t...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 08:44hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
KwaNtuthu Comedy Festival returns
After successfully staging the first edition of their festivities last year, KwaNtuthu Comedy Festival is set to return this year for their second edition which will run from 25 to 29 October, officia...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa now a comedian?
SELF-STYLED preacher Talent Madungwe, better known as Prophet Madungwe and Norton MP Temba Mliswa will feature as "comedians" at the urban culture fiesta in the country, Shoko Festival which kicks off...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Madlela Skhobokhobo is the best comedian
MULTI-AWARD winning musician-cum-comedian Mothusi Bashimane Ndlovu, aka Madlela Skhobokhobo, believes he is one of the best comedians in Zimbabwe, but faces a barrier of language to maximise his poten...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigubhu laid to rest
Anne Frank once said, "Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude ".In similar fashion and sentiment artists yesterday (Sunday) raised conc...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
World War III might already be underway
IN life, it is absolutely critical to learn to pick your battles.While celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare once noted that "cowards die many times before their deaths", Nigerian ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Artists' right to align with political parties defended
Newly launched and controversial arts stable Zhomba Entertainment has defended artists who are aligning themselves with political parties. Zhomba Chief Operations Officer Danford Makura said t...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 19:25hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
No celebrity, no matter how influential, can convince an abused person to support his tormentors
I remember a debate we had with a learned friend, on social media a couple of months back, on whether an individual, as self-proclaimed prophet Passion Java, could be considered an influential person....Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:29hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa democratic credentials face litmus test in election season
THE year 2022 is a litmus test for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime which promised to open up political space and uphold civil liberties as temperatures hot up ahead of next year's general electi...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt excitement over UK trip premature
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's planned visit to the United Kingdom for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change next month has generated a lot of excitement in the corridors of power....Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
$60 million windfall to Mwonzora gives away Mnangagwa's game plan
THE swift allocation of funds under the Political Parties Finance Act to the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC- T by the government clearly reveals the aim by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF to d...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Auxilia Mnangagwa more than a hero, she deserves the award
As Zimbabwe prepares to honour their living and non-living heroes in an annually occasion, the president in his wisdom has taken this opportunity to honour some people past and present heroes. ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 23:37hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's Secrets to win In 2023 Revealed
The President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proved the world wrong. The world expected to see Zimbabwe crumble into the dust and become obsolete. But true to his word Emerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa entrenches authoritarian rule
THE incarceration of opposition MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe this week has all but confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's unwillingness to reform as his regime continues to use lawf...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Violence won't save MDC-Alliance from mass defections
THE MDC-Alliance is reeling from mass defections and recalls by rival formations, further weakening the troubled movement at a time when it should be tightening its belt ahead of the 2023 elections. E...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa lines up 'winter protests'
NElSON Chamisa's opposition MDC Alliance has reportedly resolved to roll out countrywide mass demonstrations dubbed "winter protests" against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.The ...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Comedian mimics Mugabe to mock Mnangagwa's 'failure'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has become the butt of jokes over his alleged neglect of the education sector after award-winning comedian Clive Chigubu chided him in his recent skit, The Pearly Gates wi...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Do cattle outnumber people in Botswana?
If Botswana's cows got their act together they could have ousted President Ian Khama in the election, South African comedian Loyiso Gola joked."There are more cows than people in Botswana, if ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by africacheck
Mthwakazi New Year message
New Year Greetings to all!As we leave the year 2020 behind and begin a new year journey in our struggle for freedom in Mthwakazi, it is important to reflect and highlight the obstacles that we...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:39hrs | 6 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
An open letter to all former ZIPRA cadres
Greetings to you all! 2020 has been a very challenging year. Many people lost their loved ones to the COVID-19 pandemic and others fell ill due to it. But probably the worst impact of the pand...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Sikhala's daily life at Chikurubi
TODAY as you read this article, Job Sikhala would have woken up at 5:30am from the cold concrete floor that he has been sleeping on since his persecution and incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Securit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 9 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mugabe striking terribly hard in death
LAST week marked the first anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, independent Zimbabwe's first president. Arguably one of the world's most shrewd and controversial politicians, the "larger...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF comedians
In March this year the governing party appointed a young man into the position of Director of Information. Tafadzwa Mugwadi, a holder of a BSc in Political Science and a MSc in Finance in Internationa...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Patrick Gabavu
Cain Mathema and Police Boss challenged over abductions
Political activist Mlungisi Dube has challenged the Minister of Home Affairs Cin Ndabazekhaya Ginyilitshe Mathema and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga to speak out on the recent wave of abdu...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of barbaric abuses
MDC Alliance leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of barbaric human rights abuses following the abduction and torture of Bustop TV comedian Samantha Kureya popularly known as Gonyeti by the...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Carl Joshua takes one-man show to SA
COMEDIAN Carl Joshua Ncube will be taking his one-man show to South Africa this weekend where he is billed to crack ribs at the ongoing One Night Stands Comedy Festival. The festival, which be...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Moving to SA doesn’t guarantee success'
South Africa-based ventriloquist and standup comedian Chik Aljoy, real name Anesu Chikowo, says relocating to South Africa is no guarantee for success. The 23-year-old stand-up comedian ...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nceku shifts base to SA
Stand-up gospel comedian Thubelihle "Nceku" Sibanda has relocated to South Africa in a move to broaden his scope in the arts industry. After a sterling performance at renowned gospel artiste, ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim comedians feature in SA TV show
TOP comedian Carl Joshua Ncube said the diverse display of Zimbabwean comedy during last week's recording of the ShowMax television show, Funny People, at Goliath Comedy Club in Johannesburg, South Af...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Social media is the new big brother
Zimbabweans, most of whom are not employed, have found a pastime on social media networks where they are brewing all sorts of social skits and jokes.They have all the time in the world as they...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube condemns Mnangagwa's gvt over Gonyeti
Media Mogul and Presidential Advisor Trevor Ncuce has condemned the arrest of comedian Samantha Kureya, popularly known as ‘Gonyeti' of BustopTV who was arrested on Tuesday.Gonyeti and her c...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Comedian Gonyeti fined over #CharityCharambaChallenge skit
Comedians Samantha 'Gonyeti' Kureya and Sharon 'Maggie' Chideu were on Tuesday both fined $20 by the police for criminal nuisance over her skit featured in a 2016 YouTube video Busstop Television depi...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omkhula lament lack of arts promoters in Zimbabwe
South Africa-based Zimbabwean street comedians, Omkhula, say their fans in Zimbabwe should wait a little bit for shows as they are struggling to hold fort due to lack of promoters.Omkhula shot...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua heads to Mzansi for ShowMax recording
LOCAL comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has been invited to be part of a stellar line-up of comedians for the ShowMax television recording called Funny People this month in Johannesburg, South Africa....Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Stff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube to feature in Showmax TV recording
Carl Joshua Ncube is going to be part of the lineup of the SHOWMAX TV recording called Funny People this month in Johannesburg South Africa. He will be joining an all star cast of comedians from all o...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahlalela ropes in Omkhula in new film
AFTER making waves last year with short films, South Africa-based Zimbabwean producer Mthulisi Moyo has returned with a rib-cracking film titled Mahlalela Wants His Faeces Back, where he features popu...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never rule Zimbabwe
The closest a Ndebele will get to political power and smell it, would be when they are appointed 2nd Vice President, an insignificant position that reduces one to a mere servant in the President's off...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:18hrs | | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa joke - Comic Pastor called for questioning by police
Comedian Prosper Ngomashi, better known as Comic Pastor, was on Monday called in for questioning by the police.This follows his latest comic skit with fellow comedian and United States-based A...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi didn't buy Chicken Inn for inmates
Harare businessman and socialite, Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure who yesterday trended on social media after allegedly treating 1 000 inmates to 2 piecer meals from Chicken Inn has denied these claims. ...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bustop takes a dig at Mnangagwa
Comic group Bustop TV has stirred controversy with their latest skit which has been deemed as mocking President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Titled Murume Wacho, the skit is a commentary on social issue...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 13:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Election 2018 the aftermath and opportunities to embrace
Politics is not entertainment neither is it Christian evangelical crusades. Politicians need to be serious and not take the electorate for granted as there are not there to entertain or preach. Grante...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Zimbabwe Solidarity Campaign
'Zanu-PF youths' threaten comedian
National Arts Merit Awards and Roil Bulawayo arts awards winning comedian Mandla fears for his family after his mother was intimidated by suspected Zanu-PF youths on Wednesday afternoon at their resid...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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