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BAF, a boon for female artists
Ngqwele Dube, Leisure Correspondent THE inaugural Bulawayo Arts Festival presented women with a stage to shine with over 45 percent of the performances coming from the fairer sex. Nhimbe Trust’s...
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Bulawayo boy powers Boity’s music success
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter TO many followers of the music from Mzansi, Sebastian “Bash Vision” Jameson was introduced as the man with the camera, capturing images of rapper Cassper Nyovest at...
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Dicing with death . . . as Covid-19 cases spike among youth
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter POLICE roadblocks, curfews and regulations requiring the closure of bars and other places of leisure have not stopped unscrupulous nightspot and shebeens from cashing...
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Maskandi muso back with a second offering
Ngqwele Dube, Sunday Life Correspondent WHILE the Covid-19 pandemic has put paid to many musicians’ projects, maskandi singer, Mhlambi weZinja has taken the time to release his second album. Mhlambi...
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The making of Zimbabwe’s first virtual awards show…Bulawayo Arts Awards...
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter THIS time last year, the organisers of the Bulawayo Arts Awards (BAAs) were already preparing what they thought would be an even more successful award ceremony. 2020...
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Djembe’s Sunshine video: a celebration of the language of the drum
Bruce Ndlovu,Sunday Life Reporter DJEMBE Monks on Friday released their video for the song, Sunshine, with the video already earning nominations at the South African Indie Film Festival and The Lift...
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Leleti took a severe beating after cheating with Ngema
Revered South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema’s ex-wife, Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema, says she klapped Sarafina protagonist Leleti Khumalo almost to a pulp after discovering that she was involved in an...
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Umceco Empire celebrates Women’s Month through empowerment
Mthabisi Tshuma, Sunday News Correspondent A savings and investment group called Umceco Empire which has over 400 members drawn from countries dotted around the globe has earmarked to stay upbeat amid...
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Nketa girl living her dream
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter THE South African film and television industry is a dog eat dog scene and only a few have ever been privileged to make it to the top. Prominent names in Mzansi seem...
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Adventures of Black Elisha . . . the prophet fixing unfaithful partners...
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter “I’M not a traditional healer or anything of that nature,” says Prophet Mduduzi “Black Elisha” Dube. “When I lock someone, it is because he is unfaithful. This has...
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Lobengula youth turns house into information hub to service students
Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Reporter THE phrase “a new normal” has become synonymous with the Covid-19 pandemic, with a lot of changes being introduced to people’s everyday lives. What used to be normal just...
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A spring without Intwasa . . . Festival pushed to December
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter AS the last winds of winter blow through Bulawayo, arts lovers will this year not have the privilege of watching the Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo, so often the...
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Music executive Israel Sebenzo’s Monday Night Chill Out leaves fans crying...
Mthabisi Tshuma, Sunday Life Correspondent THE inaugural Monday Night Chill Out Instagram sessions proved popular as an euphoric frenzy gripped social media with audiences expressing pleasure on the...
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BAA nominated dancer Lavona Staal dies
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter THE arts community in Bulawayo has been plunged into mourning after the death of dancer Lavona Maria Staal, who passed on Tuesday at the age of 32. Staal was one of...
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Everyone has a home in Jerusalema . . . Lessons from Master KG’s smash hit
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter EVERY once in a while, there comes a song, a piece of art that seems to defy its critics and outdo modest expectations by achieving more than anyone ever thought was...
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Pastry chef Kenny turns to music
Mthabisi Tshuma, Sunday Life Correspondent BEING holed up in the country due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic after having a stint as a pastry chef in China, New Luveve’s own boy Kenneth “Chef Kenny”...
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Intwasa postpones 2020 edition
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter AFTER earlier on indicating that it might turn this year’s edition of the arts fete into an exclusively online event, Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo has scrapped...
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Wild strip party at Covid-19 hospital
Robin Muchetu, Senior Reporter A group of female student nurses at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been detained for a week as punishment after they held what authorities said was a wild...
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‘Nomadic’ Ishmael transcends boundaries
Nkosilathi Sibanda, Showbiz Correspondent SOME artistes get stuck along their careers when fortunes no longer favour them but not for Ishmael Muvingi. The seasoned actor, director, dancer,...
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A brotherhood forged in studio
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter IT was only just over a year ago that MKZ Bwilliganz and Mzoe7 were collaborating on a gospel song. Titled, Mwari Vano Simudza (God can lift us), the title was the...
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