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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 | | by Staff reporter
Minister guarantees showbiz return
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire on Friday met with Bulawayo-based artists and assured them of the imminent reopening of the showbiz sector after it had remain...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Louis Mhlanga excited at Bulawayo return
SOUTH Africa-based jazz guitarist, Louis Mhlanga is relishing returning to perform in the city after a three-year hiatus.Mhlanga is set to feature in the 2019 Spring Feelings Jazz Show schedul...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Young entrepreneurs urged to actively participate in energy sector
Zimbabwe is faced with a high unemployment rate which has seen a majority of young people resort to entrepreneurship. However most young people are shying away from the Energy sector and space....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Bosso player on his war exploits in Gwanda
Joko Thodlana, whose pseudonym was Hughes Mhondoro had sets his sights into turning into a football star, playing for his dream team, Bulawayo giants, Highlanders Football Club.However, the ca...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soccer stars lost to the war
THE liberation struggle was an inevitable development in the history of the country.So many sporting talents were lost to the war because of the call to serve. Football was among the biggest l...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Dube
'Cool Crooners not loved in Bulawayo'
When Abel Sithole - one of the founders of the renowned jazz outfit Cool Crooners passed on last July - many thought it was the end of the lengthy journey that had been traversed by the group in the c...Published: 23 May 2018 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister speaks on Jah Prayzah graveyard attack
Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture minister Makhosini Hlongwane has condemned the assault and harassment of musician Jah Prayzah, saying such rogue behaviour has thwarted the growth of the arts sect...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Selmor sugar daddy rumours hurt Tuku
BEFORE she became an accomplished music star in her own right, rumours of Selmor Mtukudzi's late night affairs with older men used to give her father, Oliver Mtukudzi, sleepless nights as he worried a...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
All aboard Mamvemve Express Motorways: Zimbabwe has no soul left brothers and sisters
I adored the soulful action on Thursday nights. Lovemore Majaivana could do the classic leg shuffle and shimmy with resourceful elegance noticeably better than the self-styled godfather of soul James ...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Cool Crooner declared a liberation war hero
A FOUNDING member of Jazz group the Cool Crooners Abel Sinomotsi Sithole who died on Sunday, has been declared a liberation war hero and will be buried tomorrow at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre....Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cool Crooner's founding member dies
FOUNDING member of legendary jazz group, the Cool Crooners, Abel Sithole, has died.He was 83.Sithole died on Sunday at Mpilo Central Hospital after he suffered a stroke two weeks ago....Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guluva 7 dedicates track to City of Kings
KWAITO rapper Guluva 7 has joined a number of other artistes who have released songs praising Bulawayo with a single track, City of Kings.The four minute track on his latest album Colour o...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 10:07hrs | | by Nhlalwenhle Ngwenya
Macheso set for Bulawayo
Up-and-coming contemporary jazz musician Sam Dondo and his Impala Subway Crooners will be in Bulawayo later this month to launch Dondo's debut album, Dyara Minamato.The album launch will also ...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Showbiz Reporter
I belong to Africa, says Dorothy Masuka
DESPITE being a darling of music lovers in Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa, three countries where she was resident at various points in her life, Dorothy Masuka does not have a favourite between the...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Dorothy Masuka in Bulawayo fundraising gig for less privileged
SOUTH Africa's jazz icon Dorothy "Aunt Dot" Masuka is expected in Bulawayo tomorrow for the Bulawayo International Jazz Invitational – a fundraiser for vulnerable groups in society.Aunt Dot ...Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 10:14hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
Where is omasiganda music now?
Music When I was aged 10, my school teacher organised a train trip from Mutare to Victoria Falls during the Easter holidays. That was the first time I experienced a train ride in my life. We were a g...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Fred Zindi
Intwasa set to liven Bulawayo night life
BULAWAYO will this Tuesday reverberate into song and dance as Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo roars into life, marking a decade of bringing rich and exciting arts events to the city and livening its...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 12:08hrs | | by Pabalelo Tlou
Bulawayo born musician makes waves in UK
BULAWAYO-BORN musician Nomthandazo Dube, aka Nommie, is making waves in the United Kingdom with her latest hit single receiving rave views on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s Introduction...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean boy revels in Soul Brothers music
BORN in Makokoba, Bulawayo, Soul Brothers drummer, Donald Kudzanayi Shumba joined the legendary group by chance.He is celebrating four years with one of Southern Africa's best known music grou...Published: 26 Jul 2014 at 14:21hrs | 4 | by Lovemore Dube
Award winning musician Ruth Daniel helping transform lives in Makokoba
Award winning British musician Ruth Daniel and founder of AGENCIA, in an exclusive interview with OneVybe Magazine, has spoken of her...Published: 21 Jun 2014 at 08:52hrs | | by Danny Tese
Calvin & Muzi to re-launch 'Tombofara' at Zim Achievers Awards
THEY burst onto the scene in 1998 with their cult classic 'Tombofara', which dominated the airwaves, stole top spot in the charts and pretty much became everyone's favourite feel-good sing-along ...Published: 06 May 2014 at 11:01hrs | | by Arts Correspondent
Prudence to headline London's Zim Achievers Awards
ON the 10th of May, the luxurious hallways of the five-star Royal Garden Hotel in London's Kensington district will reverberate to the sumptuous voice of Zimbabwe's queen of Jazz, Prudence Katomen...Published: 01 May 2014 at 05:51hrs | | by Arts Correspondent
Bulawayo Comes Alive forces Macheso to re-schedule his show
Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso has bowed to pressure and cancelled a May 24 Bulawayo show to placate local musicians who have lined up a festival on the same date.Forty musical groups from Bula...Published: 18 May 2013 at 04:19hrs | | by Arts reporter
Lira heads to Harare
South African afro-soul vocalist, Lira, real name Lerato Molapo, comes to Harare on June 7.The show that is promising to be one of a kind will see the diva giving her Zimbabwean fans a taste o...Published: 09 May 2013 at 18:12hrs | 1 | by Arts reporter
Sandra Ndebele to juggle carnival and Bulawayo Comes Alive
BULAWAYO dancing queen, Sandra Ndebele, will still form part of the ensemble of artistes set to perform at this year's Bulawayo Comes Alive music concert despite the fact that she is billed to perform...Published: 08 May 2013 at 04:45hrs | | by Sandra Ndebele Entertainment Reporter
Jeys Marabini out to reclaim Bulawayo's lost glory
Afro-jazz icon Jeys Marabini is a man on a mission to restore Bulawayo's status as Zimbabwe's arts hub.The popular musician born Majahawodwa Ndlovu says Zimbabwe's second largest city is now ...Published: 06 May 2013 at 10:24hrs | | by Arts reporter
Bulawayo Comes Alive
Bulawayo artistes have been accused of failing to work together for their mutual benefit as is the case in other cities and towns.A lot of people, including artistes themselves, are agreed tha...Published: 04 May 2013 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Bruce Ndlovu
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 Comes Alive music festival set for next month
BULAWAYO will next month reverberate to the sounds of local music when a host of acts from the region converge at Masina Sports Bar in the Bulawayo Comes Alive music festival.The music extrava...Published: 16 Apr 2013 at 13:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cool Crooners fall on hard times
THEY have at one point been regarded as one of Zimbabwe's most reverred jazz sensations and besides they have proved their mettle both at regional and on the international stage.Their melodiou...Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 04:43hrs | | by Auxillia Katongomara
Promoters promise more shows for city artistes
BULAWAYO promoters have promised more shows for city artistes this year.This comes after an outcry by city artistes that they were not given an adequate platform by promoters to perform at mos...Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 04:52hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
Jeys, Cool Crooners to share stage
FIREWORKS are expected on Saturday when Jeys Marabini and the Cool Crooners play at the re-launch of MaMkhwananzi Beergarden in Bulawayo's Old Lobengula suburb.The Cool Crooners will be backe...Published: 12 Jul 2012 at 06:23hrs | | by Entertainment reporter
Big gig lined up for Obert Mpofu's 60th birthday
Musicians will on 28 January celebrate Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu's 60th birthday and his academic achievements through song and dance.The Minister graduated from Zimbab...Published: 21 Jan 2012 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jazz music genre sadly being relegated in the City of Kings and Queens
Bulawayo-based legendary jazz music icons the Cool Crooners are bitter about how the once vibrant and popular jazz music genre has been sadly relegated to occupy the peripheries of the entertainment ...Published: 19 Dec 2011 at 11:22hrs | | by Entertainment reporter
Up close with Barry Daka
"That is why this will be an ambitious undertaking but we believe in the partnership, and we are looking to start with under 13s and it is intended to have tours to play other youth developments and ...Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Tse Ndex
Dorothy Masuka's life to be captured in film
THE ever so elegant Dorothy Masuka's life and times will be captured in a film. The film is the brainchild of Mfundi Vundla of Generations fameMasuka said: "Mfundi has always wanted to do a f...Published: 23 Aug 2011 at 05:40hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Jazz Festival honours lifetime achievers
SENIOR citizen Lina Mattaka got a standing ovation at the glittering inaugural Harare Jazz Festival Lifetime Achievement Awards on Thursday night.Now 88 years old, Gogo Mattaka's claim to fame...Published: 16 Apr 2011 at 10:27hrs | | by Byo24News
Hugh Masekela to open Harare Jazz Festival
LEGENDARY South African jazz crooner, Hugh Masekela, is set to fuse colour with decency when he serenades jazz lovers at the third edition of the Harare International Jazz Festival. This year√...Published: 07 Apr 2011 at 07:56hrs | | by Byo24News
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