26 April 2018
Zimbabwe legendary music icon Dr Oliver Mtukudzi will this weekend get an honorary patronage award for his contribution the arts industry, as well as for decades of philanthropic work, at this year's Zimbabwe Achievers Awards in South Africa.The awards, which honour Zimbabweans who have done something big in South Africa, will be held in Hilton hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg, on April 7. Tuku will a
Olinda Chapel, whom some claimed paid her own brideprice recently suffered a series of vile comments body shaming her after her fiancé Tytan shared a picture of the two on Facebook recently.Body shaming is inappropriate, negative statements and attitudes toward another person's weight or size. It is a form of bullying. As well as being humiliating, it can lead to short and long term psychological
Zimbabwe African Roots musician and sculptor Bryn Mteki, popularly known as Sekurutau, is putting final touches on his forthcoming album, which features local business tycoon Phillip Chiyangwa.Mteki, who last released an album — a compilation of previous tracks — in 2015, told The Standard Style that the album was in a class of its own, having been recorded and mixed in Germany. He said the ye
When we thought Tytan Skhokho and Olinda Chapel's marriage had settled matters involving rapper Stunner, the Mukoko hitmaker on Thursday exclusively revealed to The Standard Style that Stunner was never his friend.Tytan, who last week paid bride price (lobola) for his United Kingdom-based fiancée Chapel said Stunner used the friendship tag to make it like he had snitched on him.The Bho singer sai
AWARD-winning theatre practitioner Charles Munganasa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ensure that artists are free to express themselves because fear often hindered creativity in their work.Speaking on the sidelines of the staging of his controversial play - Operation Restore Regasi - which chronicles the ouster of former President Robert Mugabe in a soft coup, Munganasa said
MUKUDZEI Mukombe aka Jah Prayzah will this Easter weekend make a much-awaited return for two dates with his fans in Cape Town and Johannesburg.The lanky artist is one of the most-loved artists from Zimbabwe and most of his shows in South Africa have been sold out in the recent past.In his last show police had to be called in after hordes of fans were locked out at the Newtown Music Factory due to 
Hugh Masekela, the late music icon will be honoured posthumously at the South African edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) being held in April in Sandton, Johannesburg.The award is set to be presented to his family by long-time friend and legendary musician, Dr Oliver Mtukudzi, who is also being celebrated this year by the awards organisation.The late father of South African jazz has bee
Canadian crypto-currency exchange firm Arbitrade bought four casts from South African businessman Malcolm Duncan ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Gold castings of the hands of South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela have been sold for $10m (£7m) in bitcoin.Canadian crypto-currency exchange firm Arbitrade bought four casts from South African businessman Malcolm Duncan. The firm said it planned
MUSICIAN, Jah Prayzah, who has, from last year, been longing to travel to Bulawayo for a performance, will finally make that trip next month.While his long time music promoters - 2 Kings Entertainment - could not clinch their preferred venue of Queens Sports Club, they secured an equally good venue in the form of Hartsfield Tshisanyama for a show to be held on April 28, the closing day of the Zimb
A LOCAL DJ who was hired to entertain people at the World Consumer Rights commemorations day held in Mutare recently got a rude awakening after he was stopped from playing Jah Prayzah popular hit Kutongwa Kwaro by the crowd.According to NewZimbabwe.com, the function was convened by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) under the theme 'Making digital marketplaces fairer'.During the interlude, the
Bulawayo-born Donel Mangena is taking the Voice UK on ITV Choice (DStv 123) by storm.The 16-year-old first blew the coaches away during his memorable Blind Audition and who can forget his 77-year-old grandmother Nita and her dance of joy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzQLAFZyEWIHis winning streak continued as he made it through the Battle Round and the Knock Outs. And on Sunday, Donel advanced
Rapper Tytan who is in love with United Kingdom-based businesswoman, Olinda Chapel, over the weekend shared a video of him paying bride price (lobola) for his fiancée setting the ball rolling for the couple to tie the knot soon.The Bho singer shared a video of the ceremony on his Facebook page as he said, "Olinda is now married". Relatives are shown in the video singing and ululating during the t
JAZZ songbird Dudu Manhenga has revealed that life was not rosy for her after her release from prison, as she was rejected by business partners as she got a taste of the stigma that ex-convicts face after their release from jail.Manhenga was in 2013 convicted of culpable homicide for causing the death of a motorcyclist in an accident in 2010. Initially sentenced to 18 months in prison, the sentenc
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