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Bulawayo to host The Prodigals Comedy Show
Get ready for a night of laughter and fun this holiday season as The Prodigals Comedy Show takes center stage at Cotton Lounge on December 20. The star-studded comedy event will feature four of Zimbab...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:52hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Macheso's kupa kuturika accepted
Sungura lovers have accepted the "king of Sungura" Alick Macheso's latest album "Kupa kuturika" Macheso who is on a nationwide tou...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 15:25hrs | 2635 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Dotito
Daisy wanted to shoot Oliver Mtukudzi
Tuku's wife, Daisy, in 2014 revealed sensational secrets about her fights with the superstar, particularly the incident when she wanted to shoot Zimbabwe's international music icon, after he denied pa...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 10:27hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Macheso to sample new album in Diaspora
Renowned Sungura musician Alick Macheso has announced an exciting lineup of shows in South Africa and the United Kingdom ahead of his album launch on August 2nd. The tour kicks off in Johannesburg at ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's 'love child' tears family apart
After recent revelations that the late music superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi might have fathered another child, Aaron Chaka, his widow, Daisy Mtukudzi, has publicly accused some of her in-laws of con...Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:32hrs | 1835 | by Staff reporter
Zambia is on the verge of being a one-party state
Zambia's former ruling parties have typically fared poorly after losing power. The United National Independence Party (UNIP) ruled for 27 years but gradually collapsed following its defeat in 1991. Th...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 21:11hrs | 12 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Mnangagwa's 18 children
A publication based in the United Kingdom has added to the mystery around President Emmerson Mnangagwa's offspring by claiming the 76-year-old former Zanla combatant has a total of 18 children....Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 14:17hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Macheso speaks on 'forgotten' son
ALICK Macheso says he will not pay much attention to a Guruve man who has gone viral on social media claiming to be his son.The man, who identifies himself as Simbarashe Macheso, has given int...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:47hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga demands plastic bottle deposits
The law on littering is being tightened to deter litterbugs and a new Bill being drafted include stiffer penalties and regulation plus a requirement that fast food outlets and those who sell drinks bo...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Berita's husband blames Nyovest, publicist for marriage breakdown
THE break-up of the marriage between Zimbabwean songbird Berita Khumalo and South Africa's Nhlamulo "Nota" Baloyi took a new twist last week, with the music personality blaming rapper Cassper Nyovest'...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
King of Rhumba invades Chiweshe
The king of Rhumba Juntal is set to perform at Chief Makope's installation ceremony in Chiweshe tomorrow.The Mutupo hitmaker will...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 11:57hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Top Zimbabwe DJ drops Independence celebration mixtape
Zimbabwean International mix maestro DJ Eazy T has dropped an independence mix celebrating Zimbabwe's independence which occurred on the the 18th of April. Dj Eazy T's publicist Kuziva Mtandir...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 16:09hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Malawi deports 2 Zimbabwean cocaine dealers
Two Zimbabwean nationals were deported from Malawi on Satuday after their residence status was revoked over cocaine possession.According to spokesperson for Malawi's central region immigration...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man deported from Malawi
THE Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services in Lilongwe, Malawi has deported an Indian national and a Zimbabwean man for violating Malawi immigration laws.This is according to Inspe...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Macheso's US$20 charge
Sungura maestro Alick Macheso's reunion with his followers in Chitungwiza could have been tainted by the exorbitant gate charges for his show slated for Tanza Centre this afternoon.This is Mac...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cocktail encounters and futility of summit diplomacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his publicists climbed Mount Everest celebrating inevitable chats with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and happenstance exchanges at a cocktail with Un...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Iyasa to launch virtual show
INKULULEKO Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa) with the support from the African Culture Fund is set to launch a new virtual show themed Promoting virtual engagement for creative resilience in COVID-19 (P...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's estate in court over tax evasion
TUKU Music Promotions, represented by the late music icon Oliver Mtukudzi's daughter Samantha Mtukudzi, is today expected to appear in court on allegations of failing to pay income tax returns and val...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog fight as Tuku daughter divorces
A DOG is reputed to be man or woman's best friend and this certainly seems to be the case for Samantha Mtukudzi, the daughter of the late great Tuku, who demanded that Alvin Jazz, a maltese breed that...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Macheso to stage two shows in SA
Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso returns to South Africa for two live performances next month and his management has promised top drawer performances. The October 9 and 10 shows come after earlie...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean seeks refuge back home - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
A young Zimbabwean woman who says her family 'fled' to the UK in 1996 as gone back to Zimbabwe, where she says she will be better off. In a scathing attack on the British government, publ...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 13:43hrs | | by mVigil
King 98 lightens up Xmas with Tanzanian connection
Zimbabwean rapper, King 98 has teamed up with two Tanzanian music sensations, Juma Jux and Shebby Medicine to lighten up the festive mood with an explosive hit song, Jogodo which is a fusion of Afro-p...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:47hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Macheso releases single
UNLIKE in the past when sungura maestro Alick Macheso annually released a full album comprising several songs, coronavirus (Covid-19) circumstances have changed that entire format and for the first ti...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake Macheso CD flood market
ALICK Macheso believes some upcoming musicians are behind a fake album that is being sold by pirates to unsuspecting fans.The album, titled Tiyamurei with Macheso's image, has flooded the mark...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Green dupes Bindura fans
AFRO FUSION musician Carlos Green aka "vakuru vemasmart" of VMV band did not show up for his advertised Bindura show at Club 1160 and decided to partner Andy Muridzo on Friday night at Pagomba Café i...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 06:23hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mtukudzi's daughter engages Steve Dyer
AFRO-JAZZ songbird and heiress to the Tuku Music throne, Selmor Mtukudzi, is currently in South Africa where she is recording her sixth album under the tutelage of accomplished music producer, Steve D...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah in quandary
This year might be the worst that musician Jah Prayzah has had to endure since the jolly good melodies of Tsviriyo that saw him break into outright stardom in 2013.Since the beginning of year,...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 types of people who hold you back
AT times we allow people to control us. Some control us using fear, manipulation, and authority as tools.At times, we are controlled by what the crowds must think of us. Naturally, we want to fit ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Jonah Nyoni
Mtukudzi's publicist breaks silence, 'Tuku had so much hatred for his daughters'
WHILE Zimbabweans from all spheres of life have for the past four months been eagerly awaiting the late music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi aka Tuku's final will, revelations by the late national hero as ...Published: 05 May 2019 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nando's spreads its wings
Fast food giant, Nandos, today opens a new branch at Fife Avenue Shopping Centre in Harare. Yesterday, a publicist told The Herald that the company eyed to dominate the environs, buoyed by its saucy t...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Panic as prostitutes take used condom to sangoma
Panic has gripped a number of Harare men who frequent the Red light district seeking a nice time with commercial sex workers after Prophet C B Motondo of Grace Faith Ministries operating along K...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Don't send pupils home over fees, says govt
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said no child should be sent home for failure to pay school fees.This comes amid reports that there were some schools which were sending chi...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo breathes fire
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo has come out guns blazing against his "enemies" whom he says are behind rumours surrounding his prolonged stay in Zimbabwe.Mapfumo,who came back home from his United S...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Macheso shows Nyau prowess
Sungura musician Alick Macheso is not leaving his nyau culture anytime soon if his Bindura show on Saturday is anything to go by.The musician was joined by a fan on stage and engaged in well-c...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The people will one day demand Mnangagwa's corpse, Mugabe warns
Former President Robert Mugabe has warned his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa that civilians being killed by the military under his command will one day demand his death in the same way.Mugabe, c...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by ZimLive
Knives out for Thomas Mapfumo
A former manager of Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo's Blacks Unlimited, Cuthbert Chiromo, has been dragged into the controversial fallout between Mapfumo and his former spokesperson Blessing Va...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo in $10,000 debt
Chimurenga music guru Thomas Mapfumo's 'peace tour' has sunk him into debt as it failed to perform according to expectations. The shows were being promoted by Entertainment Republic and Chimurenga Mus...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Thomas Mapfumo's long stay in Zim justified'
Chimurenga musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo is yet to return to the United States having flown into the country at the beginning of December last year for countrywide gigs running under the banner Mu...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Who will inherit Mtukudzi's vast empire?
A wife, four daughters with three different mothers, an unrecognised son with a birth certificate, and a rebutted daughter who made headlines seeking to be recognised.That sums up people with ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2 | by Mtandazo Dube
Oliver Mtukudzi battling ill-health
MUSIC superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is under the weather, with an alleged heart problem that has kept him off the stage for some time, NewsDay reported.The Tozeza Baba hitmaker did not stag...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Macheso's top fan dies in accident
SUNGURA ace Alick Macheso has been robbed of his top Harare-based fan George Tichaona Gwaze, who died in an accident while coming from one of the Extra-Basso's shows in Glendale, Mashonaland Central p...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aretha Franklin dies
76-year-old music superstar Aretha Franklin has died, according to a report by AP. The news follows reports on Monday that the multiple award-winning artist was "gravely ill" and surrounded by...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 15:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tuku reunites with daughter he kicked out
YEARS after he kicked her out of his home for eloping with soccer star Tinashe Nengomasha, Oliver Mtukudzi has reunited with his daughter Samantha Mtukudzi, who is now part of the Black Spirits, the m...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Macheso's Dzinosvitsa Kure released in 'calculated' move
SUNGURA enthusiasts, who had been starved of new stuff for two years by sungura kingpin Alick Macheso, yesterday had something to cheer about, as the singer finally unveiled his much-awaited six-track...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Macheso's new album hits the streets today
ALICK Macheso's new album - Dzinosvitsa Kure - hits the streets today ahead of the massive album launch set for Aquatic Complex this Friday.The album carries six tracks namely Chikuru Kurarama...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Macheso releases 'Dzinosvitsa Kure'
"Handei mberi tipe vanhu kudya kwenzeveIsu hazvisi zvedu, isu chedu hubvonga cheteKana tabvonga togadzika vanodya vodyaKushata kana nhapitapi vachadudzira ivo"This stan...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 18 children
A publication based in the United Kingdom has added to the mystery around President Emmerson Mnangagwa's offspring by claiming the 76-year-old former Zanla combatant has a total of 18 children....Published: 24 May 2018 at 15:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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