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Varsity student ventures into music
BULAWAYO-BASED up-and-coming gospel-rap artiste Sipho Ndlovu (21), popularly known as Hood Legend (Gunz) in music circles, has released a new track titled Revelation. He said his music had bee...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:41hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Willard Katsande's Amapiano track
Willard Katsande has now emerged as the latest player to have a track named after him. Check it out!Amapiano is a South African genre of music and is deemed to be a mix of deep house, jazz and...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 15:22hrs | 6814 | by Staff reporter
Fighting at funerals unAfrican, stop it
MY Dear People,I would like to start by paying my deepest condolences to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following the death of his mother recently.The loss of a mother is a major blow ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:59hrs | 395 | by Dr Stop It
Zanu-PF to unleash supporters on July 31 protesters
ZANU-PF has threatened to unleash its own supporters to counter national anti-government protests planned for July 31 by the MDC Alliance and its opposition allies.Addressing the media soon af...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Patricia Majalisa dies
South African media has reported that famed musician Patricia Majalisa has died. Known as The Queen of Disco, Majalisa was a darling of Zimbabwean disco music lovers....Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 13:21hrs | 10138 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF frets over planned protests
ZANU-PF says the planned July 31 protests presented a threat to its hegemony and accused the opposition MDC Alliance of leading an "unholy alliance" to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa unconstituti...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Van Choga key to Zimbabwe's true liberation from Mnangagwa
There comes a time in a revolution when an unlikely figure is called to lead his/her people out of the cycle of oppression. Valentine Simbarashe Choga, aka Van Choga is one such hero. Unknowingly, the...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:25hrs | 8746 | by Edzai Zvobwo
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protégÃ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2048 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean MTV Base host weighs in on career
The first Zimbabwean television host to be on MTV Base South Africa and MTV Africa, Kimberley Robinson, aka Kim Jayde, says even though her career is often seen as an overnight success, consistent har...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:55hrs | 8307 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo hints at retirement
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will be retiring from music soon to take a deserved rest and devote his time to impartation of musical knowledge to up-and-coming musicians, particularly the young.He ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2848 | by Staff reporter
Somizi Mhlongo's actress mother dies
Veteran South African actor Mary Twala has died. She was 80 years old.Her son, actor, choreographer and TV presenter Somizi Mhlongo shared the news on Instagram.Alongside photos of his...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 15:57hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean artistes make waves in US
LOS ANGELES-BASED Zimbabwean musician-cum-producer Tinashe "Bantu" Sibanda and fellow artiste Philip "Dr Chaii" Kembo are currently riding on the crescent of a wave following the release of their albu...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:21hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Matulana drops collabo album
BULAWAYO-BASED kanindo musician Obadiah Matulana, who is known as Dr Jah Kanindo, collaborated with a South Africa-based rhumba group from Matabeleland South, Mlambo Express, and released an album tit...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:24hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Macheso distances self from Franco Slomo
Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso who parted ways with struggling Franco "Slomo" Dhaka has distanced him self from his rebel.Slomo is currently finding it difficult to put food on the table and wa...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 13:27hrs | 11166 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tambaoga, has distanced self from the Twitter account
Traditional musician Last Chiangwa, aka Tambaoga, has distanced himself from the Twitter account handle @Tambaoga7, which recently posted an apology for his yesteryear affiliation to Zanu-PF.T...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah gets lifetime ambassadorship
CONTEMPORARY musician Jah Prayzah was yesterday appointed the lifetime brand ambassador for a local company, West Property (Westprop) Zimbabwe, as it seeks to enhance its visibility on the market. ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 5560 | by Staff reporter
From boy to man the growth of Melusi from Isibaya
He was just 16 when he made his Isibaya debut as the mischievous 14 year old, Melusi Zungu. Nkanyiso Mzimela's character has literally grown up right before our eyes....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 14449 | by Jera
Mnangagwa insincere in fighting corruption
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been talking tough, saying he abhorred graft which has been blamed for accelerating economic decline.In support of his pronouncement, I think all leadership po...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:31hrs | 527 | by Tarwadziwa
Ndolwane eyes international market
RHUMBA star Martin Sibanda of Ndolwane Super Sounds yesterday said they were making arrangements to penetrate the international market with their music once COVID-19 was out of the way.This co...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe stages spellbinding show
UNITED STATES-BORN R&B star, Tinashe Kachingwe, on Wednesday night staged a scintillating live show during the Coke Studio Sessions on #BeApp. Her performance lived up to the promise she made earl...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Madlela to launch Ntikoloshi
Ngamnanka hit-maker, Madlela Skhobokhobo has set August 7 as the day he will finally launch his third album titled Ntikoloshi. The album, a follow up to Majazana which he released last year, w...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Willard Katsande set to release music album
FORMER Zimbabwe Warriors captain and current Kaizer Chiefs midfielder, Willard Katsande has made a surprise announcement to release a music album as he edges closer toward the end of his football care...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 12:23hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's genre lives on
Upcoming artiste Blessing Chirenga "Last Seen" has shifted from dancehall music to afro jazz music inorder to follow the footsteps of his insipiration legendary musician the late Dr Oliver Mtukudzi....Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1514 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Supa Mandiwanzira applies for TV licence
Former Information, Media and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Supa Mandiwanzira's AB Communications has applied for a free to air national commercial television licence.If awarded the li...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3557 | by Staff reporter
Chipanga 'blocked' from meeting Mnangagwa
CONTROVERSIAL sungura musician Hosiah Chipanga has revealed his frustrations over being blocked at every turn in his attempts to meet former President Robert Mugabe and successor Emmerson Mnangagwa to...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 21:51hrs | 8012 | by Staff reporter
Winky D turns down Twabam's US$35 000
ZIMDANCEHALL icon Winky D's manager Jonathan Banda has cleared the air on why they turned down Passion Java's US$35 000 offer for an undisclosed project. Banda said they could not take up the deal bec...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 4478 | by Staff reporter
Forex exchange auction trading system off to a good start
The foreign exchange auction trading system has made a good start when it kicked-off in Harare today (June 23, 2020), without any great difficulty.On its first day, bids worth about US$11,4 mi...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:33hrs | 3024 | by Nathan Gurira
Chamisa takes battle to structures
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has taken the battle to control the heart and soul of the opposition to party structures, dispatching his top leadership to conduct branch meetings across the countr...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7627 | by Staff reporter
Bredenkamp: A dark overlord taking Zimbabwe's darkest secrets to the grave
AN entry on the website of one of John Bredenkamp's companies tells us all we need to know about the controversial businessman: "In Africa, it is essential to work with change, not against it." Breden...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans respond to Chakanetsa's photo
On 11 June 2020 we carried a story with an alleged picture of the late popular policeman Chakanetsa which was posted on social media by musician Lwazi Skuza. In the story, we quoted a thesis f...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 10:04hrs | 6620 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Erick Knight to launch radio station
VETERAN radio and TV presenter Erick "The General" Knight has disclosed that he is set to launch a radio station, Radio54 African Panorama Live, which will focus on Africa.Knight told News Day...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2244 | by Staff reporter
Theatre in USA politics: A threat to aspiring democracies
THEATRE has been part of cultural socialisation since time immemorial. It has always been employed to convey messages of various purposes. Theatre is packaged with humanity, psychology, motivations, c...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 176 | by Tapiwa Gomo
WATCH: Bulawayo's Cal_Vin wishes he was Shona
Bulawayo rapper Cal_Vin has released a controversial song titled Maybe If I Was which seeks to simplify the plight of Bulawayo artists and Ndebele singers in general. The song which was ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 14:27hrs | 4570 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mzembi questions Mnangagwa why Delish Nguwaya holds Diplomatic passport
INCARCERATED local businessman Delish Nguwaya holds a diplomatic passport and former tourism minister, Walter Mzembi has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa explains how a man with a chequered ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:05hrs | 4222 | by newzimbabwe
Losing children to UK's social workers
Nesbert Shumba left Zimbabwe in 2003 and settled in the United Kingdom. His wife and two children joined him a year later and while in the UK, Nesbert was blessed with three more children. He moved to...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1087 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
With or without the people, political parties must go on
THOUGH it is already a common occurrence that the people only matter to politicians during elections, that truth has not been rightly validated as has happened over the past two months.When go...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 453 | by Teni Chitanana
What has happened to the 16 June 1976 Soweto Uprising revolutionary spirit in today's Zimbabwe youths?
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow female schoolmate - fleeing from a volley of fatal bullets being fired ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 09:50hrs | 953 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Comedians poke fun at Mnangagwa's speeches
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has inspired humourists in the country who are cashing in on his stunts when he addresses the public, the Daily News reports. This comes after Doc Vikela lau...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 9926 | by Staff reporter
Tambaoga aplogises for Zanu-PF links
CONTROVERSIAL mbira musician Tambaoga, pictured, of the Rambai Makashinga fame is asking for forgiveness from the people of Zimbabwe for supporting Zanu-PF "to the extremes" during former president Ro...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4608 | by Staff reporter
'Corrupt' council turns golf course into residential area
MEMBERS of the Harry Allen Golf Club in Bulawayo fear the future of the course following a decision by the Bulawayo City Council to apportion part of the land for construction of town houses. ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:10hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Comedienne denies anti-Mnangagwa Twitter handle
COMEDIENNE Tyra "Madam Boss" Chikocho yesterday distanced herself from a Twitter handle registered in her trade name which was used to call on Zimbabwean artists to speak out against President Emmerso...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Majaivana explains why he quit music
UNITED States of America-based musician Lovemore "Majaivana" Tshuma has recounted some of his sad tales including how his music was not appreciated in the country but was embraced elsewhere....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 11:21hrs | 9176 | by Staff reporter
Faces behind Zimbabwe's first Netflix hit
The cast and crew of Zimbabwe's first feature-length film to be featured on Netflix -Cook-Off - were recent guests on Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube's (TVN) talk show In Conversation with ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:08hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Military Touch Movement died after Andy Muridzo’s exit
The fact that Military Touch Movement (MTM) continued to survive two years after Andy Muridzo's abrupt departure - and not its recent dissolution - is apparently the most surprising thing in the going...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:26hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zimbabwe to prayer and fasting
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow lead the nation in the Presidential National Day of Prayer and Fasting to galvanise the moral and spiritual fortitude of the nation in its fight against Covid-19....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1027 | by Staff Reporter
Tambaoga shows ZANU PF the middle finger...calls for arrest of leaders
Musician Last Tambaoga Chiangwa has apologized to Zimbabweans for associating with the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF during his past life.Posting a video of his latest perform...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 20:03hrs | 13779 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UK appoints Zimbabwean songbird Anna Mudeka to lead African choir online to help ease isolation
Zimbabwean UK-based singer, songwriter, dancer, musician and artistic director, Anna Mudeka, has been commissioned by the Hostry Festival in Norwich to lead The African Choir of Norfolk. Anna is invit...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 19:43hrs | 652 | by Agencies
Bev speaks on lavish life post-marriage
"I HAVE gained weight because I have nothing to do. I am only eating and sleeping these days," Beverly Sibanda, who is popularly known as Bev, laughed out loud as she started the story about her life ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 17:13hrs | 2475 | by Staff reporter
Comedian Machisa dies
Comedian Justice Mushoran'anga populary know as Machisi in Fredy Manjalima's "Kapfupi" drama has died.He was 31.Machisa died on Sunday at his rural home in Mhangura after a...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 17:31hrs | 3454 | by Simbarashe Sithole
No longer the Sunshine City
The Zimbabwe capital city which was once called Salisbury during the colonial era changed its name to Harare on 18 April 1982.During the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, th...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 14:37hrs | 960 | by Leonard Koni
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