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The impact of duty-free incentives in the 2025 national budget
The 2025 National Budget is a forward-thinking approach to economic recovery and national development, introducing strategic duty-free incentives aimed at empowering local industries, stimulating econ...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 20:12hrs | 1062 | by Innocent Mujeri
'Bulawayo needs to be prime shooting location for films'
The Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust (ZIFFT) in partnership with Bulawayo-based Rebel Film Productions brought together 10 production studios for a meeting at the Nust American Space in ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Witness grilled over Sikhala's incriminating videos
A POLICE officer, Kudakwashe Mandiranga, who was tasked to download two videos from YouTube and Twitter that will be used as evidence in the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hollywood-based Zimbabwean actor visits Victoria Falls
Hollywood Zimbabwean actor and star of multiple American film productions, Tongayi Anorld Chirisa visited Victoria Falls during the first week of February 2023.Mbano Manor boutique hotel - ren...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 08:55hrs | 21 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film set to spice up our screens in 2022!
Invision Studios & GetSetSkill are proud to announce Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film "Just Say Hello" currently under production in Harare. The film contains a talented all-star line-u...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 12:17hrs | 15 | by Agencies
'There is no freedom of expression' in Zimbabwe
TSITSI Dangarembga, born in 1959 in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), studied psychology in her home country and later at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.Today she is one of t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean actress joins Will Smith on set
Hollywood-BaSEd Zimbabwean actress Charmaine Bingwa, along with Ben Foster, Gilbert Owuor and Mustafa Shakir recently joined the cast of upcoming apple TV+ original thriller Emancipation, which stars ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi New Year message
New Year Greetings to all!As we leave the year 2020 behind and begin a new year journey in our struggle for freedom in Mthwakazi, it is important to reflect and highlight the obstacles that we...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:39hrs | 11 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Police to pounce on music gigs
SEVERAL artistes who continue to stage illegal live concerts attracting huge numbers in defiance of the Covid-19 restrictions face the full wrath of the law, police have warned. The honeymoon ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Arts Awards built on emotions, says Mhlanga
Amakhosi founder Cont Mhlanga said directors of the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards were supposed to run a good research on the arts industry before launching their awards which are quickly losing their lus...Published: 31 May 2019 at 18:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
New TV series on cards
A MULTI-AWARD-WINNING film production house, Mirazvo Multimedia Productions, is set to add more life to the showbiz with a new television series, Bokoto Brooke Triad, scheduled to premiere later this ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:04hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe underestimating its GDP
Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) reached $17, 85 billion last year, which is an all-time high, according to industry and commerce experts TradingEconomics.comZimbabwe's GDP averaged $6,...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Our Perfect Wedding comes to Zimbabwe
FANS of South Africa's Our Perfect Wedding (OPW) will be delighted to know that Zimbabwe will soon have its own version of the reality show that is viewed by millions every Sunday.The show, a ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Film and TV artistes audition call comes to Bulawayo
All is set for the second audition call of film and television artistes in Bulawayo tomorrow. The event which is a brainchild of local producer Kuda Bwititi will be held in a bid to assist film and te...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi airlifted to South Africa
President Mnangagwa yesterday said Vice President Kembo Mohadi and Zanu-PF national chairwoman Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri had been airlifted to South Africa where they were responding well to treatment ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice announces a major Pan-African initiative
MultiChoice Africa has launched a new and far-reaching Pan-African social investment initiative called the MultiChoice Talent Factory, created to significantly enhance the pool of talent and skills in...Published: 31 May 2018 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Youth lured into film production
ZIMBABWE International Film Festival Trust (ZIFFT) executive director Nigel Munyati last week urged the youth to take advantage of the new political dispensation and freely express themselves through ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Violet Gonda returns to Zimbabwe after 17 years in exile
IN August 2000, Violet Gonda left her home country to study for an MA in International Journalism in London. She expected it would be for one year. However, she was to spend the next 17 years in exile...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 11:20hrs | | by Nonee Walsh
Filmmakers fingered in sex scandal
AWARD-winning scriptwriter Amanda Ranganawa has blown the whistle on Mirazvo Productions directors Michael and Shem Zemura, whom she accused of sexually exploiting females during productions.I...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Faith-Based Organisations Key to Securing Equity and Justice for All - Cynthia Hakutangwi
Top Female Innovative Business Leader of the Year, Award-winning (Women's Leadership Awards, WOLA 2016), Cynthia Chirinda-Hakutangwi, is rated Zimbabwe's finest and youngest woman on the rise, and who...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Kudzika-Teedzai
Bulawayo producer making headlines in Jozi
As many artistes from Bulawayo don't consider life after music, South African-based producer Zwelihle "DJ Zwesta" Mathe paved a different route to become a strong force in the SA music industry while ...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zim film premiere on Zambezi Magic
A Zimbabwean film commissioned by DStv's Zambezi Magic channel will premiere on the channel on Valentine's Day, further enhancing the country's status as a burgeoning motion picture producing nation....Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by MultiChoice Zimbabwe
Call for end to ZTV monopoly
Government needs to play its part in salvaging the little that is left of the once flourishing local film industry by speeding up plurality in television broadcasting, the Zimbabwe Film Industry Devel...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo movie debuts on DStv
BULAWAYO produced movie The Lost Letter made its debut on DStv's Zambezi Magic (channel 160) last week with its director, Mhle Nzima of Rebel Film Productions saying he is overjoyed to have fina...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:25hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
U.S. brings Hollywood gaffer to Zimbabwe film festival
The United States Embassy is proud to support the participation of Hollywood lighting designer, gaffer and cinematographer Christian Epps at this year's Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF) and...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 07:43hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe readies to migrate to digital broadcasting
Forty people from Victoria Falls are attending a four-day training course on creative content creation, as Zimbabwe prepares to migrate its broadcasting services from analogue to digital.The w...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
BMK Production To groom Zim actors in Mzansi
Johannessburg - The Mzansi based film production company - BMK (Bold Media Kreation) ,fronted by a Zimbabwean born film producer Bongani Kriss Moyo, is slowly penetrating Mzansi film industry in a mov...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by Christopher Ncube
PLEASE HELP: Legs for Kukhanya
Kukhanyakwenkosi Mnkandhla was born on 28 march 1984. He got injured at 16 years while doing Form 4 at Mzingwane High School in 2000. He was hit by a bus.The family bought him a prosthesis lim...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:28hrs | | by Zenzele Ndebele
South Africa overtakes Nigeria as Africa's largest economy
South Africa has regained the title of Africa's largest economy, two years after Nigeria rebased its economy to claim the spot, according to IMF data.A recalculation using current exchange rat...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 23:23hrs | | by BBC
Generations's Malume Jabulani dies
Legendary actor, director and playwriter Nyembezi Kunene has died at the age of 74 following a long battle with diabetes.The son of the Emzini Wezinsizwa veteran actor, Sonqoba Kunene, con...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 12:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Former Generations actor "Jabu" dies
Former South Africa popular Soapy Actor Nyembezi Kunene populalry known as Jabulani in the Soapy has died.Nyembezi Kunene's son Sonqoba confirmed his father's passing.Sonqoba wrote a h...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Former Generations actors reunite on Igazi
Nearly two years after they were unceremoniously fired from popular SABC1 soapie Generations‚ four of the 16 actors have reunited on a new Mzansi Magic drama.Actors Anga Makubalo‚ Zikhona ...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 11:20hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Rooftop Promotions to take part in this year's Intwasa Festival 2015
Rooftop Promotions will this year be taking part at the Intwasa Festival 2015 to be held at the end of this month in Bulawayo. After we successfully ran our two plays the hilarious Juju ...Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Robert Tapfumaneyi
SA actors in local film production
Drop dead gorgeous and much adored South African actress Katlego Danke, well-known for her former role, as the coy, enigmatic Dineo in the running TV soapie - Generations, is scheduled to grace a prev...Published: 24 May 2015 at 10:33hrs | 4 | by Peter Matika
Freddy Gwala eager to speak Shona
South African musician Freddy Gwala is said to be itching to be a fluent Shona speaker as he features in a film with comedian, actor and singer Kapfupi.Gwala features in a film called Mahlalel...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwean actor stars in top American comedy
Hollywood-based Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Arnold Chirisa features in The Jim Gaffigan Show that is set to make a debut appearance on Comedy Central.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the ...Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 13:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi writer produces film on juju
Crispen Ndlovu, 24, a writer-cum-film maker has finished working on his third short film production titled Juju Wedding.The versatile artist, who has written at length on the infamous Gukurahu...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Nollyhood' comes to Byo
AFRICAN horror movies are synonymous with Nigeria's Nollyhood filmmakers who have since the turn of the millennium produced numerous horror films portraying witchcraft, romance and fantasy in a ...Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 12:57hrs | | by Hangoyapalala waTjibundule
New MaZimba film out soon
The award winning husband and wife team, Happy and Susan Manyewere, behind the MaZimba movie franchise are surprised by how successful their movies have become.Their latest instalment, 'M...Published: 19 Aug 2014 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's Spokesperson at the centre of the rot at ZBC
The secretary for Information, George Charamba has been accused by suspended ZBC boss, Happison Muchechetere of being at the centre of the rot at the broadcaster. He said Charamba, among other th...Published: 29 Mar 2014 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA permits for Zimbabweans, latest news
South Africa Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor says she will make recommendations to the Cabinet on how to proceed with the management of Zimbabweans, who received a special dispensation two years ...Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Herbert Wants To Come Home'
UK-based Zimbabwean author Masimba Musodza has launched a serialised first edition of a new horror novel, Herbert Wants To Come Home. This is the story of the Mutsepe family who gather in August to co...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 04:57hrs | 3 | by Masimba Musodza
Nollywood Superstar Actor Jim Iyke Receives Deliverance at the Scoan!
Making a surprise appearance in The SCOAN, Nollywood superstar Jim Iyke entered quietly and unannounced, joining worshippers from around the world as they listened to the inspiring message from renow...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 08:37hrs | | by Latte Lucie
'Bulawayo has potential to produce exciting TV programmes,' says Prof Moyo
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo says Bulawayo is a cultural melting pot with potential to produce exciting television programmes.Speaking during ...Published: 28 Sep 2013 at 14:49hrs | | by Arts reporter
Professor Jonathan Moyo re-engages media players
Information minister Jonathan Moyo, who had a turbulent tenure with journalists between 2000 and 2005 when he was at the same ministry, says it is time to mend relations.Speaking at a stakeho...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Studio 263 director Godwin Mawuru dies
It is a sad day for the Zimbabwe film industry following the death of veteran director Godwin Mawuru.Mawuru passed away on Friday morning, 3-mob reported.According to his brother Owen...Published: 24 May 2013 at 14:03hrs | 1 | by Arts reporter
Lessons from Oliver Mtukudzi
LAST weekend I went fishing with my former schoolmate Million and after toiling the whole day we caught nothing. I was very discouraged and I openly told Million that I will not go back to the dam unt...Published: 22 May 2013 at 03:40hrs | 2 | by Ben Chiganze
Nyaminyami script almost complete says Cont Mhlanga
The director of Amakhosi Cultural Centre, Cont Mhlanga yesterday said the Nyaminyami script have been completed.Mhlanga said script writers were working flat out to have the script ready on t...Published: 17 May 2012 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Saving the University of Zimbabwe
The timely stance adopted by the committee of trustees to raise funds for, and revive, the University of Zimbabwe is a noble cause that is well applauded by many of the UZ alumni. I sincerely believe ...Published: 28 Apr 2012 at 23:46hrs | | by Tapiwa Kapurura
Zimbabwe to amend broadcasting law
The Government is working on amending the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA) to include provisions that compel local television stations to support indigenous film productions, a senior official has said...Published: 02 Apr 2012 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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