adminDzimbahwe Arts Festival roars into life
From George Maponga in Masvingo
The annual Dzimbahwe Arts Festival, hosted by the Great Zimbabwe University, roared into life in the country’s oldest town yesterday in what promises to be a busy week full of captivating performances by artistes from different parts of the country. The arts festival started with an academic discussion
Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana
Los Angeles. — R&B singer Chris Brown
has tested positive for marijuana, leading a Los Angeles judge on Monday to set a November hearing to decide whether he violated his probation stemming from a 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna. According to a probation report presented in court, Brown tested positive in June in
Lundi caught up in church CD wrangle
Johannesburg. — Gospel star Lundi Tyamara is embroiled in an ugly squabble that has divided the New Church of Southern Africa in Orlando, Soweto.
Trouble apparently started when the 36-year-old Tyamara was booked by Reverend Fats Montsho — the church overseer — to be the crowd-puller while
Choral convention a success
Edgar Moyana Christian Entertainment
The Methodist Church in Zimbabwe’s Harare Central District held its annual choral music convention at the Belvedere Teachers’ College last Saturday. The music convention, which was hosted by the church’s Budiriro circuit, attracted close to 40 choirs drawn from different circuits from
Progress Chipfumo back in the studio
Entertainment Editor
Sounds of the Motherland frontman Progress Chipfumo is currently in the studio recording his fifth album. While many people may have ruled him out after he fell sick a few months ago, forcing him to temporarily shelve live shows, the talented guitarist says he has got his groove back. The album,
Tuku not sick: Daisy
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Daisy Mtukudzi has quashed rumours of her husband Oliver Mtukudzi’s ill health, saying the superstar was fit as a fiddle. The usually media-shy Daisy broke her silence at a private dinner held in honour of the singer’s 60th birthday in Norton at the weekend telling invited guests that she has
Malema warrant ‘politically motivated’
Johannesburg — The issuing of a warrant for the arrest of expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was politically motivated, former ANCYL secretary general Sindiso Magaqa told eNews Channel Africa (ENCA).
Magaqa, who was speaking in his capacity as a member of the Friends of the Youth League, said in an interview that he did not know what charges Malema would face.
PM’s emissaries storm Karimatsenga homestead to deliver token of divorce
Harare Bureau
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s two emissaries yesterday stormed the Karimatsenga homestead in Christon Bank in an attempt to deliver his token of divorce to his wife Locardia.
CNN slammed for report on ambassador’s diary
A US government spokesperson sharply criticised CNN, saying the network had reported on the diary of ambassador Christopher Stevens after his death at the US consulate in Libya despite the objections of his family.