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Jonasi falls short in America's Got Talent Season 19
The search for the first comedian to win America's Got Talent (AGT) without a puppet continues as Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi came close but fell short in his pursuit of the grand prize last ...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:29hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean-born comedian makes Simon Cowell and Americans cry from LAUGHTER!
Comedian Learnmore Jonasi, a 31-year-old Pittsburgh resident born in Zimbabwe, is having a moment this summer on NBC's "America's Got Talent," making it into the Top 44 with his next appearance tonigh...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 16:41hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Amagrootman leaves audience in stitches
During the 2023 Intwasa Art Festival koBulawayo, the South African play "Amagrootman" took center stage at the Bulawayo Theatre, leaving the audience in fits of laughter.Written by Solly Malak...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 09:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
So anyone who exposes Zim regime's crookedness is a 'puppet of the West'!
There are things on this planet which are just plainly bizarre, ridiculous and even comedic!Only that their serious implications stop people as myself cracking my ribs in a fit of laughter....Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:08hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe can't be re-admitted into Commonwealth without strict accountability mechanisms!
I always say Zimbabwe can be a most strange place to be - if only we lived in peace and prosperity, with our fundamental rights being respected as sacrosanct.When then President Robert Gabriel...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Carl Joshua Ncube bounces back
Zimbabwean international comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has bounced back from a comedy sabbatical with a show dubbed The Triumphant return of Carl Joshua Ncube which lived up to its expectation in Harare ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 11:59hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
Cde Mutsvangwa, do birds and trees sexually violate each other?
I never desire to wade into these sexual indiscretion scandals, or sexual abuse accusations, which have hounded well-known Zimbabwean leaders of late - both from the ruling and opposition formations -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:41hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Longing for a bygone era will not fix Zimbabwe's economy
Social media can be a tool for comedic relief, venting frustration and a means of trolling at the same time. My favourite Social Network is Twitter due to its remarkable interface and ability to conne...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 16:03hrs | 7 | by Dr Farai Nyika. Economics Academic at Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA).
No celebrity, no matter how influential, can convince an abused person to support his tormentors
I remember a debate we had with a learned friend, on social media a couple of months back, on whether an individual, as self-proclaimed prophet Passion Java, could be considered an influential person....Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:29hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Building Zimbabwe brick by brick' euphemism for negligible and oftentimes non-existent development!
Euphemisms have been with us for as long as language has existed - from the time humans began communicating with each other through speech.As the art of language advanced, the use of euphemism...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 10:29hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What's the point in building Zimbabwe 'brick by brick' whilst dismantling it 'wall by wall'?
There is a popular saying, "taking two steps forward, and one step backwards" - that describes a scenario whereby things are not going smoothly, when one's efforts are not yielding the desired results...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
POLAD's opportunism and greed exposes a poverty-stricken nation whose leaders are so hungry would sleep with the devil for a pla
In some of my articles, I have usually expressed how I had been shocked by something that would had occured, but this time around, what I have just come from reading did not shock me at all - rather, ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 10:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boys and men are raped also - urgent need to eliminate double-standards in prosecution of sexual gender-based violence cases
As a survivor of childhood sexual gender-based violence - which I was subjected to at the tender age of seven years old, at the hands of an older female, whom we resided with, and for some strange rea...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 14:36hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga suffers from a rare condition
Zimbabweans in the social media have taken chances to cartoon the Vice President Cde Chiwenga because of his unique pronunciation of the words with letter "L" in English. Most people have found joy in...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 17 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Election 2018 the aftermath and opportunities to embrace
Politics is not entertainment neither is it Christian evangelical crusades. Politicians need to be serious and not take the electorate for granted as there are not there to entertain or preach. Grante...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Zimbabwe Solidarity Campaign
Chamisa's failure in 'de propaganda fide'
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has once again been caught offside after claiming at a rally in Beitbridge that he had helped grow the economy of Rwanda."I helped President Kagame Turn Rwanda...Published: 31 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Kalawa Homecoming pandemonium
IT was meant to be the event of the year but in the end it was characterised by shoddy preparations and a weak line-up that left many questioning if the Kalawa Homecoming would be ever be the same aga...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Ramaphosa cannot do anything to stop Zuma from firing him
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he cannot do anything to stop President Jacob Zuma from removing him from his position in government if wished to do so. This comes after media reports th...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tuku pays tribute to wife at His Dinner in London
Dr Oliver Mtukudzi paid tribute to his wife Daisy for standing by him for the last four decades of his music career, at a dinner held in his honour at the Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel in London on Sat...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 20:27hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
SHOCKING VIDEO: 'Demons Tremble Before TB Joshua!'
A shocking video clip released on T.B. Joshua's 'Emmanuel TV' YouTube channel purporting to show hordes of demon-possessed attendees in his church receiving 'deliverance' has evoked controversy....Published: 01 Apr 2017 at 17:27hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Johannesburg International Comedy Festival Ready to Go!
The Johannesburg International Comedy Festival gets underway in the Braamfontein precinct this weekend as the international talent arrives in the city. ...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 15:17hrs | | by JICF
Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube to host ZAA SA as organisers announce two new sponsors
THE South African edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) is set to have guests in hysterics, as organisers have announced comedy powerhouse Carl Joshua Ncube as this year's host. It ...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 09:19hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Sikhonjwa climbing the music ladder
TAKING his cue from some of the country's erstwhile comedians-cum-musicians like late greats Safirio Madzikatire and Paul Matavire, Bulawayo funnyman and musician Babongile Sikhonjwa is slowly climbin...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Comedian Ofishal-Xavier to perform at Zim Achievers
Have you ever wondered what a combination of Trevor Noah, Kevin Hart and Chris Rock would look like - well look no further than the newest kid on the block, Ofishal-Xavier. The social me...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 17:47hrs | 1 | by Tidi Kwidini
Mugabe's ego bruised, but power very much intact
On Wednesday, a very old man tripped down some stairs, and the world laughed and laughed and laughed.The tumble made headlines everywhere - The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, the New York Ti...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 17:53hrs | | by Simon Allison I Daily Maverick
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