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Oriyano faces backlash over 'shaky' live shows
Musician and dancer Oriyano, best known for his hits Ndakuda and Makarima Mupoto, is currently under fire following a series of poorly received live performances. The backlash came after shows at the ...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:01hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mbongeni Ignatius Set to light up Bulawayo theatre
One of Bulawayo's most beloved comedians, Mbongeni Ignatius, is poised to make a grand return to the stage this Friday with his one-man show, Lei It Out, set to take place at the Bulawayo Theatre. Far...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:38hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
ZanuPF's interference in Matabeleland traditional and cultural activities spark vitriol
THE spirited efforts by the ruling Zanu F to always mindle in the cultural and traditional activities conducted in Matabeleland has sparked vitriol from t...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 23:24hrs | 673 | by Stephen Jakes
Nama calls for submissions for next year's ceremony
The National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) have officially opened their doors for submissions, inviting artists and cultural visionaries from across Zimbabwe to showcase their exceptional contributions to ...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:43hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Heroes Acre filling up quickly
President Mnangagwa has conferred national hero status on Brigadier-General (Retired) Michael Chaminuka and the late Brigadier-General (Retired) Lameck Mutanda. Brig-Gen Chaminuka, who passed ...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:06hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho school unveils new bus
Tsholotsho High School, located in Matabeleland North and known as the "school of choice," has commissioned a new 72-seater bus to boost student morale during sports and educational tours. The bus was...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
NAMAs head for Bulawayo
THE National Art Merit Awards (Nama) film festival has shifted venue and will for the first time be held at Ster Kinekor in Bulawayo from January 26 to 27, 2024.The film festival edition will ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe showbiz awards rigged?
HOLLYWOOD actor Denzel Washington once said, "man gives an award, God gives the reward", which suggests the thought of the validity and relevance of awards ceremonies and the worth of the gongs....Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 07:36hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
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 | 217 | by Fred Zindi
NAMA to take place in Bulawayo
The organizers of the well-known local awards show, the National Arts and Merit Awards (NAMA), have announced that the upcoming 22nd edition will take place in Bulawayo at ZITF Hall Number 3 on Februa...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal diamond mining movie set to premiere
FILM enthusiasts are set for a treat tomorrow at Ster Kinekor Sam Levy Cinemas in Harare at the premiere of Ngoda, a production whose synopsis is inspired by the illegal diamond mining world.T...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean actor joins The Lion King cast's UK tour
ZIMBABWEAN actor and film producer Shaun Mundawarara is part of Disney's The Lion King tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland as an understudy for the role of Simba. This comes after the multi...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 09:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
All set for the 21st Old Mutual NAMA awards
The stage is set for the 21st National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) powered by Old Mutual Zimbabwe tomorrow at the Harare International Conference Centre, with the organisers aiming to provide a unique ex...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 22:01hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe govt assures journalists of safety
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Kindness Paradza says the government is committed to ensure that journalists operate in a friendly environment and condemned emerging d...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:17hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Competence-Based Curriculum set for review
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education says the current cycle of the Competence-Based Curriculum is coming to an end this year.Speaking at the presentation of the Secretary's Merit Aw...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
She is a living LEGEND and a HERO!
Barbara Makhalisa, also known by her married name as Barbara Nkala, is a teacher, Zimbabwean writer, Ndebele translator, novelist, editor and publisher, one of the earliest female writers published in...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 09:02hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Mohammed Bushera's physical training is no exercise in futility but the future
The Mohammed Bushera story is a story of perseverance, possibilities and posterity. A story of heroism, help, honesty, health and happiness. Perhaps for someone who has never ever delved into some kin...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:40hrs | 17 | by Ndaba Sibanda
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will win economic war
ZIMBABWE will attain a prosperous future and overcome the economic challenges being engineered by its detractors bent on making the economy "scream" through asymmetrical warfare targeting ordinary cit...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns merchants of violence
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sternly warned opposition parties with violent tendencies that the full wrath of the law will be applied on them without fear or favour as the Government does not brook a...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Top Army Boss dies
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)is mourning the death of the country's Defence Attaché to Botswana, Colonel John Mhlanga who died on Tuesday after he was involved in a fatal road accident along the B...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 16:24hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Qeqeshiwe is a national asset
She is a national asset!Actress-cum-musician Qeqeshiwe "Qeqe" Mntambo is floating on top of the cream after being nominated at this year's PPC Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA).She is nomin...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa at MSU for graduation - 6594 graduating today
The Chancellor of the Midlands State University (MSU) President Mnangagwa has arrived to officiate at the 22nd MSU graduation ceremony.The graduation ceremony is being held at MSU's main campu...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 09:46hrs | 86 | by Staff Reporter
2019-2020 Merit Awards to be held next year
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said 2019 and 2020 Secretary's Merit Awards are going to be held next year after being disturbed by COVID-19. The matter came to light yeste...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 07:28hrs | 14 | by Lloyd Rabaya
School heads get salary boost
HEADMASTERS will get a salary boost that will see some pocketing 25 percent more in addition to their salary depending on the number of pupils at the school, an official has said.Speaking on t...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya drops video for Lalela
VUSUMUZI Mkhaya Ndlovu popularly known as Vusa Mkhaya has released visuals for his song Lalela.The Masiyephambili hitmaker shot the video at Ubuntu Crawl in Soweto, South Africa.The so...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chidavaenzi captures Mugabe's legacy in latest book
Title: Chasing The Wind ISBN: 978-0-7974-79594-6In November 2017, a "powerful wind" orchestrated by the military chased Zimbabwe's long-time ruler, the...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 4 | by Fungayi Sox
Tendaiishe Chitima wins 'Best Actress' at the I WILL TELL International Film Festival
Actress Tendaiishe Chitima has won "Best Actress" at the I WILL TELL International Film Festival on Sunday, September 5th for her outstanding performance in the film Gonarezhou: The Movie. ...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
No Roki, Koffie Chidzoka remix
Urban groover Rockford "Roki" Josphats has dismissed word on social media and in music corridors that he is working with Koffie Olomide on the remix of his all-time hit Chidzoka.After the rele...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jane Ngwenya laid to rest
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described the late national heroine Jane Lungile Ngwenya as a courageous woman who played a pivotal role in the liberation of the country and pioneered the discourse o...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 21:26hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Heroine Ngwenya burial set for Saturday
NATIONALIST and liberation stalwart Jane Ngwenya who was declared a national heroine, will be buried on Saturday at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. Ngwenya (86) died last night at Bulawayo's Mater...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jane Ngwenya to be buried at Heroes Acre
NATIONALIST and liberation stalwart Jane Lungile Ngwenya has been declared a National Heroine. Ngwenya (86) died on Thursday night at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital. Zanu-PF Secretary f...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns heroine Jane Ngwenya
Zanu-PF has described the late veteran nationalist, Jane Ngwenya as an astute and unflinching revolutionary who played an integral role in the liberation of the country. Ngwenya, who is ...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa mourns Jane Ngwenya
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent a condolence message to the Ngwenya family following the death of nationalist and freedom fighter Jane Lungile Ngwenya. Mnangagwa said he received the news of the pa...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Award winning poet drags Kazembe Kasembe, Matanga to court over police brutality
AWARD winning Victoria Falls based poet Obert Dube is suing Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner General and five police officers who assaulted him for loitering in January...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean poet pens poem in solidarity with Zuma
VICTORIA Falls-based award-winning praise poet, Obert Dube has joined hundreds of South Africans who have stood in support of former South African President Jacob Zuma who was recently sentenced to 18...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Britain Zimbabwe Society honours Pathisa Nyathi with lifetime achievement award
The Britain Zimbabwe Society (BZS) has honoured renowned historian, poet and cultural custodian, Pathisa Nyathi, with its inaugural lifetime achievement award for his outstanding contribution to Zimba...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Correspondent
Albert Nyathi salutes fans
Zimbabwean poet-cum-musician Albert Nyathi says he owes his National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) Living Legends trophy to the people who made him what he is today.Nyathi was among the 40 legends ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Dube changing lives through humanitarian work
VICTORIA Falls-based award-winning praise poet, Obert Dube who paid school fees for about 300 underprivileged children in Matabeleland North last year, has extended his humanitarian work to Matabelela...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya opens up on life outside the studio
AUSTRIA-BASED Zimbabwean imbube crooner Vusa Mkhaya has been in the showbiz industry for several years as a member of Insingizi.This is the group that put him on the showbiz map since the rele...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Success favours the Undaunted - Book review
Book Title: Undaunted Authour: Tafadzwa Mahachi Edited: Philip Chidavaen...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:19hrs | 14 | by Energy Mavaza
Econet, Cassava bag top business awards
HARARE - Telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ), and its sister company Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe (Cassava), last week clinched top business leadership and merit awards at separate ev...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:26hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Mkhaya's John Vul'gate challenge goes viral
AUSTRIA-based imbube music exponent Vusa Mkhaya's version of the John Vul'gate challenge went viral over the weekend with the artiste releasing a song Ngiyabongamina to celebrate his birthday....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Brig-Gen Sambulo Ndlovu
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has described the late Brigadier-General Sambulo Ndlovu as decorated General who served the country with distinction. Brig Gen Ndlovu died on Tuesday due to Covid-19 relate...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Ndlovu declared national hero, snubs heroes acre?
Brigadier-General Sambulo Ndlovu, who died in Harare on Tuesday and was buried in Bulawayo on Thursday, has been declared a national hero. This was announced by Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolut...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Chigudu declared national hero
Military commander Brigadier-General Ruphus Chigudu has been declared a national hero. He died on September 24 at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals at the age of 64. Minister of State fo...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chifunyise's death shocks arts industry
LEGENDARY playwright and multi-talented artist Stephen Joel Chifunyise, who died at 70 on Monday after a long battle with cancer, was an influential creative who wore many hats and contributed to the ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Cook Off' movie set for UK premiere
Award-winning local movie Cook Off continues on its upward trajectory as the blockbuster looks to explore the UK market with the UK premiere set for 27thJuly at the exclusive Mayfair Hotel in London, ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 09:33hrs | 45 | by Agencies
National events postponed after Cyclone Idai
SEVERAL national and international events have been put on ice to allow the mourning of victims of the recent Cyclone Idai which ravaged most parts in Eastern Zimbabwe where it killed more than 300 pe...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo back in Zimbabwe
UNITED Kingdom-based gospel diva Ivy Kombo-Kasi arrived back in the country yesterday afternoon for the first time in 14 years.The Handidzokere Shure hit-maker is expected to perform today at ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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