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Ivy Kombo and Admire Kasi's legal woes continue
Ivy Kombo has been in the public eye for many years. She has embraced difficult experiences, problems and scandals as well as other trials and tribulations Zimbabwe's female musicians face. With her g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 216 | by Fred Zindi
Jah Prayzah stirs heated debate
JAH Prayzah has stirred heated debate in the arts sector after he banned the use of professional cameras at his shows citing infringement of his intellectual property rights.The stance by the ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF snubs EDPfee singer for Mambo Dhuterere
Zanu-PF, which yesterday launched its campaign for the August 23 general elections has snubbed their praise singer Chief Shumba Hwenje for Mambo Dhuterere.Hwenje is famed for the song ED Pfee,...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grammy Award for Mapfumo?
THOMAS Mapfumo, popularly known as Mukanya, might finally get a chance to win a Grammy Award following the addition of three new categories for the 2024 edition of these awards regarded by many as the...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | 4 | 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 | 14 | by Fred Zindi
Honouring the war spirit
COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Stakeholders call for language policy
PARTICIPANTS at the International Mother Language Day workshop in Harare last week called on government to formulate language policy to solve some of the language problems bedevilling the education se...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa politics shatters society's mirror
The dawn of the new dispensation brought along a glimpse of hope to many, including artistes, with the leaders ensuring the upholding of fundamental human rights.This was reinforced by the ret...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Macheso deserves an honorary doctorate
Fans of Alick Macheso are lobbying the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) to confer an honorary doctorate on the sungura kingpin for his contribution towards development of the music industry in the country....Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exam leaks causing 'educational holocaust'
Scandal-ridden Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec)'s reputation may have been irreparably damaged after the November 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper 2 exam materials were leaked in the lat...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lax systems cost Zimsec reputation, credibility
The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) last week shocked the nation with an announcement that November 2017 English Paper 2 Ordinary Level has to be rewritten. This is the first time in the ...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah: Master of political intrigue
Towering music star Jah Prayzah has joined the list of artistes whose music has been dragged into politics by Zimbabweans yearning for a new leader to take over from President Robert Mugabe who has be...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 15:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Arthur Mutambara pens new book on Zimbabwe politics
Sapes Books, to be launched in Harare on June 14 2017 is a most welcome addition to the Sapes Books' stable of illustratious autobiographies/biographies: Elijah Mudenda (Zambia: A Generation of Strugg...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Ibbo Mandaza
'Anti-Mugabe song' costs Oliver Mtukudzi a degree
Music legend Oliver Mtukudzi was denied an honorary degree by the University of Zimbabwe because his hit song Wasakara was deemed to be anti-President Robert Mugabe, a leading academic has claimed...Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 17:16hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi loses his lustre
The country's harsh economic situation has forced the legendary music icon Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi to settle for cheap, less-prominent gigs alongside lowly ranked musicians, it has emerged.Tuku...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim hip-hop awards on tonight
All roads tonight lead to the famous 1+1 Club at Longcheng Plaza for the fifth addition of the Zim hip-hop awards.The awards are meant to recognise those who have made an impact in the genre a...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 04:21hrs | | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
'I'm not Masuka, I'm Masuku,' says Auntie Dot
While Zimbabweans and others the world over have known and called her Dorothy Masuka, the legendary musician said people were getting her surname wrong.On Thursday, the jazz singer who was cel...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 14:54hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zimbabwe fans feel cheated over John Legend show
The cancellation of the much anticipated John Legend concert that had been slated for November 19 at the Harare International Conference Centre has sparked an outcry with fans taking to social media ...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 06:55hrs | | by Brenda Phiri
NAMAs Nominees selection process a shambles!!
An article by a misdirected, and suspiciously, not very logical "professor" on the recent move of the NAMA awards from Harare to Bulawayo has left a lot of sour taste in the mouths of most pundit...Published: 07 Feb 2013 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Thamsanqa N. Ncube
Tuku is Forbes Magazine's October greatest achiever
Forbes Magazine is an international weekly publication with a circulation of over 900 000 and the company's 19 international licensee editions together reach six million readers worldwide.This...Published: 11 Dec 2011 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff 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 | 14 | by Fred Zindi
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