Searching for the next Ndabezinhle Sigogo . . . Slow death of the Ndebele novel
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter IN July 2011, the Intwasa Festival koBulawayo announced that it was extending the deadline for its writing competition. The reason for the extension was simple....
View ArticleGwetai on genital monologue . . . Author on stretching vs privates mutilation
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter IF she had been watching the debut of Eve Ensler’s blockbuster stage production, Vagina Monologues would have struck a chord for author Erica Gwetai. On a typically...
View ArticleCatharsis and creative therapy
Tafadzwa Gwetai THE use of arts can be a potent intervention in alleviating symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Visual arts-and poetry-based “psychotherapies” may enable people with PTSD...
View ArticleAll set for Summer Fashion Drive
Rumbidzai Mhlanga, Sunday Life Reporter BULAWAYO-BASED brand activist and socialite Godwill Tasunga, warmly-known as G-Factor in partnership with AMC Suzuki is set to launch the first ever car fashion...
View ArticleTips for keeping the extra kilos off during the holidays
MANY of us are counting down the days before we go home to our mum’s delicious home-cooked meals. From samp to dumplings, most of us add on weight that can counter months of hard work. South Africa’s...
View ArticleWatch out for local bullies
Charles Dube BEFORE discussing the above subject consider the following: Learners focus on what you are reading and stop pretending to be concentrating when you are not, be it at school or at home....
View ArticleNaughty by Nature brings Charles Dickens to Bulawayo
Rumbidzai Mhlanga, Sunday Life Reporter REALISING the importance of Christmas to families Naughty by Nature and Light Wave Choir is giving families a Christmas gift through a play on 20 December at...
View ArticleWhen fathers go missing
Rumbidzai Mhlanga, Sunday Life Reporter BASED on his life experiences, Greyson Fungai Chipote saw it fit to pen his first book as a way of empowering the boy child. The book basically explores the...
View ArticleBetter throw away partner’s phone
Nhlalwenhle Ncube IF there is one thing tormenting many people’s hearts, it’s this thing called a cellphone. Given a choice, some people would rather have phoneless partners. Of course we have always...
View ArticleWestern Khazins back in the game
Rumbidzai Mhlanga, Sunday Life Reporter DETERMINATION and believing in themselves is what has afforded Bulawayo music group Western Khazins the attention they have been seeking for years. The group...
View ArticleThe nightclub fixer: Mahaso’s rise from bouncer to manager
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter MANU Mahaso’s face lights up when he talks about Paparazzi Night Club. When the topic of the club he helped make popular comes up, a smile settles on his face,...
View Article‘We’re not a Kalawa replacement’ . . . Bulawayo Shutdown plots festive takeover
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter SKYZ Metro FM boss Qhubani Moyo does not deny that inspiration for this year’s Bulawayo Shutdown gig, the first event of its kind, came from the Kalawa Homecoming...
View ArticleArt and social agenda
Tafadzwa Gwetai MOST of us know the feeling of being moved by a work of art, whether it is a song, a play, a poem, a novel, a painting, or an installation. When we are touched, we are moved, we are...
View ArticleRobert Mugabe went to his grave owing us many books
Raisedon Baya IT is months after the dramatic burial of former President Robert Mugabe. At 95, his death came as no surprise to many. In fact, many people, especially his critics, agree that...
View ArticleChat with Sis Noe . . . I caught my wife masturbating
Hi Sis Noe I THOUGHT my wife and I had a good sex life until I came early from work and caught her masturbating. After catching her we had sex and we have been having good sex but I am not so sure...
View ArticleArtiste pens another Mugabe play
Martha Leboho TWO years ago, viewers thronged theatres nationwide glued to the Operation Restore Legacy play. Charles Munganasa has penned another play titled ‘‘Live discussion with the Late Robert...
View ArticleBlack Coffee breaks silence on divorce: ‘We tried everything’
SOUTH African entertainment star Black Coffee accepts some of the blame for the breakdown and undertakes to support Enhle Mbali. DJ Black Coffee broke his silence on the much-publicised divorce from...
View ArticleLanguage to use to be a success story
Charles Dube ACQUISITION of skills at school is the in thing nowadays. Listen to the ministers of education officiating at various fora, they emphasise on the need for institutions of learning to churn...
View ArticleCouple goals (matching outfits)
Rutendo Chidawanyika WE tend to want to fit in with the person we are dating. Yes, we are all unique but we want to, as a couple, look united and as if we ‘‘fit’’. In a way it’s like relationship...
View ArticleSchools film fiesta launched
Rumbidzai Mhlanga, Sunday Life Reporter LANGELITSHA Arts in partnership with Buntu Film Arts Incubator launched a film fiesta for high schools in Bulawayo last week. Langelitsha Arts group is an...
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