Open letter to young filmmakers
Dear young local filmmakers I HOPE this letter finds you well and still excited about making films. It is also my hope that the past failures of locally made feature…
Of rites of passage painted faces and simulated deaths
AFRICAN cosmology posits that life undergoes several stages before the final stage on the material realm — that of death. Each stage is attended with rituals sometimes referred to in…
Muz’wentombi promoting female artistes
Rebecca Nyathi Sunday Leisure Reporter UP and coming female artistes in Bulawayo who felt they were not getting the chance to showcase their artistic prowess can now do so with the…
Zimbabwean girl popularises mbira music in Canada
Lance Chigodo Sunday Leisure Reporter SHE is beautiful, young and academically gifted but is determined to make a mark not from her academic exploits but in an artistic discipline that is…
Shadows of angels
A COUPLE of weeks back I talked about the European weather, how really teeth-chattering cold it can be in winter. But I forgot to mention something. That in these freezing winters,…
Juba gets undergraduate scholarship in Japan
Bruce Chimani Sunday Leisure Correspondent THE late former South African president, Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” and his…
Former Ilanga band member makes it in SA
Mbongeni Msimanga Sunday Leisure Correspondent AFTER having joined and worked with one of the biggest bands to emerge in the country in the 80s — Ilanga — that comprised Cde…
Siyaya Arts collabos with Hawaiian trio
Ngqwele Dube Sunday Leisure Correspondent LOCAL arts ensemble Siyaya Arts have started their 25th anniversary celebrations with a collaboration with a three-member Hawaiian outfit that is being shown at various venues…
Rising rap star in pregnancy scandal
Sunday Leisure Reporters RAP artistes are never far from controversy! Bulawayo’s up-and-coming rap artiste, Cal_Vin real name Mgcini Nhliziyo had one of his secrets revealed as sources allege he impregnated his…
Makishi embarks on national tour
Rebecca Nyathi Sunday Leisure Reporter VICTORIA Falls-based traditional dance group Makishi has embarked on a national tour in an endeavour to educate people particularly the youths about the various cultural activities…

