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Groote Schuur Estate must return the bird to Great Zimbabwe
Visual artist and cultural producer Richard Mudariki is advocating for the repatriation of the Zimbabwe Bird from the Groot Schuur Estate in Cape Town, South Africa, to Great Zimbabwe. Mudarik...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 08:52hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Pumula Arts Awards nominees unveiled
It is awards season and excitement among artistes is at a fever pitch as they wait with bated breath to see who will triumph. With nominees being unveiled for the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards, another aw...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rasta to paint Cont Mhlanga
SOUTH Africa-based, Zimbabwean visual artiste painter, Rasta the artiste, is in Bulawayo to honour the late arts legend Cont Mhlanga.The Pumula East born Rasta, real name Lebani Sirenje, arriv...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe artist charms grieving Connie Ferguson
Well, not quite. For Connie Ferguson, though, you are more likely to see her shed tears on-set, according to a script.However, in real life, the famed South African actress is also not shy to ...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tuku tribute hits snag
MASVINGO Tuku tribute musical concert which was slated for Caravan Park on Friday last week could not take off due to logistical challenges with organisers saying it will be held after February 16. ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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Doing physical activities with a group - whether it's running, cycling or playing other sports - is always a good idea. Not only does it promote health and well-being, but you also develop better frie...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 12:18hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa portrait painter finally paid
BULAWAYO visual artist, Charles Dube, has finally been paid $750 for his portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa that was displayed during the Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Sta...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa portrait designer furious
BULAWAYO visual artist Charles Dube is angry over the government's failure to pay him after contracting him to do a painting of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which was displayed during the Independenc...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maseko wants lift on Gukurahandi paintings ban
It's exactly three years since visual artist Owen Maseko lost his fight to exhibit the controversial Gukurahundi-inspired paintings at the Bulawayo Art Gallery.Before the Supreme Court issued ...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 16:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Arts Awards winners - list
Outstanding Actress (Schools)Anita Moyo (Eveline Girls) Outstanding Actor (Schools)Nobert Makoche (Gifford Boys) &nb...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 18:55hrs | 18 | 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
BBA selection criteria queried
Only a few days after the nominees of the city's maiden arts awards were announced, questions have been raised about the criteria used by the organisers to come up with winners of the Bulawayo Arts Aw...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Bulawayo Arts awards
THE much anticipated inaugural Bulawayo Arts Awards (BAA) have been launched with the awards ceremony set for June 30 at the Large City Hall.The BAAs to honour the efforts of artistes from...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean girl celebrates continent in SA
SPENDING her teen years in her home country and living her adult life in another enabled Nonhlanhla Matshazi to embrace a Pan-African embodiment that later gave birth to a multi-disciplinary arts fest...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:17hrs | 4 | by Ngqwele Dube
Pathisa Nyathi defend 'indicent' painting
Renowned historian and cultural expert Pathisa Nyathi today told Bulawayo City Council councillors that there was nothing wrong with a mural painted on the perimeter wall of the centre of a semi-indic...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 15:31hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
Arts managers chase elusive Zim audiences
With no formal training school in the field; arts managers say it has been a struggle to lure Zimbabwean audiences to their various art forms. Impressed by the reported successes of religious leaders ...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by ZimPAS
Visual artist 'Maseko' in trouble again
CONTROVERSIAL visual artist Owen Maseko has run into trouble with authorities again as his new display at the National Gallery in Bulawayo Art Gallery was dismantled hardly a day after it went u...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 11:00hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Dilemma for the 'lost Jewish tribe' Lemba of Zimbabwe
A new photographic project about the 'lost Jewish tribe' aims to open up awareness about Lemba ritual, custom and ethnicity.'I can walk on both sides of the street," is how researcher, photogr...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 08:44hrs | 5 | by Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi
Gukurahundi exhibition removed at National Art Gallery
The controversial exhibition by Bulawayo visual artist Owen Maseko which was banned in 2010 at the National Art Gallery will be finally removed today.Maseko was arrested and faced charges of u...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 09:09hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'Govt should realise that talking about Gukurahundi is part of the healing process' - Maseko speaks out
Owen Maseko, the visual artist accused by the Robert Mugabe administration of 'offending' the president through his paintings depicting the Gukurahundi atrocities, has spoken out about his experience...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 04:51hrs | 4 | by Nomalanga Moyo
Constitutional Court summons Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi case
Constitutional Court judges have summoned Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to justify the constitutionality of prosecuting a Bulawayo-based artist charged under the old constitution for publishing ...Published: 31 Oct 2013 at 04:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi artist' trial resume at Supreme Court
The Supreme court of Zimbabwe will on Wednesday hear the case of visual artist Owen Maseko who is accused of undermining the authority of the president through his works.The visual artist was ...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 11:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo carnival postponed
THE much-awaited Bulawayo Culture and Heritage Carnival parade, which had been slated for this Friday, has been postponed to next month.Amakhosi Cultural Centre director Cont Mhlanga said the...Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 10:56hrs | | by Arts reporter
Weekend entertainment guide for Bulawayo and Harare revelers - June 15th
A weekend entertainment guide for Bulawayo and Harare revelers.BULAWAYOHorizon...Published: 15 Jun 2012 at 05:21hrs | 19 | by Alois Sibanda
Bulawayo artists demand opening of National Art Gallery
The continued closure of The National Art Gallery in Bulawayo exhibition section is fast pushing local artists to financial ruin as they are losing revenue.The gallery remains shut two years ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Alois Sibanda
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