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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
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
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 | 4 | 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 | 16 | by Ndaba Sibanda
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
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 | 54 | 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
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 | 3 | 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
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
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
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
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 | 44 | 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
Gukurahundi play gets Nama nomination
GWANDA-based Jahunda Community arts group is on cloud nine after its production, 1983: The Dark Years was nominated for the prestigious National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), whose ceremony is set for the...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Winky D pays the price
Dancehall music star Winky D could be regretting the decision to echo a subtle political message in some of his songs last year as it has backfired, resulting in a dry awards season for him if exclusi...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa introduce performance dashboards for ministries
The government is set to introduce performance dashboards to monitor and keep in check progress being made by ministries as well as performances of provinces as devolution takes shape.While Pr...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 18:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'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
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 | 2 | by Staff Reporter
I can't treat my music as a tuck-shop business, says Jah Prayzah
AFTER conquering Zimbabwe's music scene and achieving nearly all his goals at home, contemporary musician, Jah Prayzah (real name Mukudzei Mukombe), has set his sights on the rest of Africa, where oth...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bob and Grace a hit on stage
Vice-President Mnangagwa has been ousted. Other senior members of Zanu-PF have also been kicked out, and more purges are coming.The condescending first lady is writing and rehearsing her speec...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Matanga hails ZRP-run schools
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday applauded schools run by the police force for excelling in last year's Grade Seven public examinations, urging members of s...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bev wins big in dancers awards again!
Beverly "Bev" Sibanda's group Sexy Angels collected more gongs at Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) Awards held at City Sports Bar in the capital on Wednesday.Collectively, Sexy Angels, a ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 16:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nama Facebook Live disrupted
This year's National Art Merit Awards Facebook Live broadcast announcement of nominees was abandoned following power outage.The organisers were broadcasting live from the Reps Theatre in Harar...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua turns prophet
ACE funnyman Carl Joshua Ncube has identified 10 up-and-coming comedians he feels will have an impact this year - and that is not even a joke.Ncube who is now based in Victoria Falls posted on...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Innscor, Cabs win top Excellence in Corporate Governance Awards
Innscor Africa was the overall listed companies winner of the Excellence in Corporate Governance Awards, while CABS was the overall banking sector winner. The Deposit Protection Corporation was the wi...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Early Childhood Development teacher crisis hits Mat North
SCHOOL heads in Matabeleland North Province are facing a crisis as the province requires 3 000 Early Childhood Development teachers, but only 250 have been deployed in the province, a senior education...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
All set for Bulawayo Arts Awards
Bulawayo City Hall in the City of Queens and Kings plays host to the inaugural ceremony of the much-anticipated Bulawayo Arts Awards (BAA) on Friday.Given the socio-economic situation in the c...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:05hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
The Messi and Ronaldo of Zimbabwean music
Jah Prayzah and Winky D have high profile gigs in Harare and Bulawayo respectively this weekend. Both will share the stage with South Africans: Jah Prayzah with Mafikizolo on Friday at the HIC...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Club 263 opens in Harare
IF you have never been to Bulawayo, the City of Kings and Queens; if you wonder what the people there are like, the food they eat, the music they play and the general culture - speculate no more!...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NAMA losing its appeal
The National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) is fast losing its appeal among local artists as it has registered a sharp drop of more than 300 entries compared to last year's.Only 775 entries were sub...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Alice Dube
Collen Bawn High School scoops Secretary's Merit Award
The government has reiterated the need for teachers to be conversant with the local languages of areas they operate from in order to communicate with learners more effectively, particularly those ...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 16:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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