adminPiracy hits record companies hard
Musicians in the country have been heavily affected by piracy and every day they complain about the decline of royalties that they used to get from record sales. Yesteryear musicians made…
Arts and Culture Trust assists the disadvantaged
Tawanda Matanhire Arts Reporter In a bid to unearth talent among disadvantaged communities, Hard Mashona Arts and Culture Trust has embarked on a scouting project around the country. Hard Mashona is a…
Peace, stability now prevail in Zimdancehall
Fred Zindi Music Zimdancehall, which flourished in Zimbabwe in the past five years, is a music genre that was associated with violence, raunchy sexy dances, drugs and misogyny. Artistes were…
Zimbabwean art on global arena (Part 1)
For a year in which doom and gloom have been largely predicted, the Visual art scene stands on its self sufficiency and soldiers on to a brighter future. With 2015 having…
Sungura rules the roost
Tawanda Marwizi Arts Correspondent Pomp funfair, thrills and excitement were the order of the day at Gwanzura Stadium on Saturday during a match pitting dancehall musicians against their sungura counterparts. As early…
Independent power producers’ contribution set to improve
Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority said independent power producers are currently contributing 2 percent to the national grid. The energy regulator said in total 23 IPP’s have…
A plane, R60bn and a dead man
Roselyne Sachiti and Freeman Razemba LAST Monday, Zimbabweans woke up to the news that the body of a man had been discovered in a compartment adjacent to the wheel well…
‘Friends Forever’ gig gathers momentum
Arts Reporter Jah Prayzah and Suluman Chimbetu’s ‘friends forever’ gig could be an after-party to Zimbabwe Music Awards ceremony. The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday at the Harare International…
Mixed fortunes at new vendor booths
Stanely Mushava Features Correspondent Highward Gahadza, who sold clothes from a make-do tent at the Fourth Street Flea Market since 2012, has welcomed the regularisation of the vending site but says…
How Darwin institutionalised racism
Stanely Mushava Literature Today The proliferation of the Zika virus in Latin America has flared up speculation about its possible appropriation by Western powers as an instrument of population control…