Archive for Category: "Showbiz"

Recharged Kuligan & Kalabash break silence

Recharged Kuligan & Kalabash break silence

Forgotten urban grooves duo Kuligan and Calabash of Pukunyu and Sori Ndanga Ndakadhakwa fame are scheduled to hold their first show this Easter holiday at Club-On-Point in Southerton since reuniting early this year.

University student crowned Miss Bulawayo Environment

University student crowned Miss Bulawayo Environment

BULAWAYO – Tshwane University student Nkanyeziyethu Malunga beat 16 contestants to claim the inaugural glamorous Miss Bulawayo Environment 2012 beauty pageant title at a colourful and well-attended ceremony held at Horizon Pub on Friday.

Freddy Gwala set to ‘Zumba’ in Zimbabwe

Freddy Gwala set to ‘Zumba’ in Zimbabwe

HARARE- Zimbabweans will this weekend have a feel of the “Zumba” magic when legendary South African musician Freddy Gwala begins his string of shows tonight. Gwala expressed his enthusiasm over the shows, saying he was ready to give Zimbabwean music fans the zumba magic.

Revellers can’t have enough of ‘Young Igwe’

Revellers can’t have enough of ‘Young Igwe’

Peter Moyo made a surprise appearance at the show pitting Alick Macheso and the Muddy Face at the City Sports Gardens on Sunday. The “Young Igwe” as Moyo is affectionately called, stunned revellers by his unexpected showing and left them asking for more.

Move over Macheso, Miriam Chimbetu in the house

Move over Macheso, Miriam Chimbetu in the house

DENDERA music has given birth to its first female musician in the form of Miriam Chimbetu, the last born of the late Naison’s children. Miriam (16) is the latest find in the Chimbetu family and has defied the gender stereotype by playing the bass guitar with finesse.

Scores bid Andy Brown farewell in Mberengwa

Scores bid Andy Brown farewell in Mberengwa

MBERENGWA- Scores of fans, friends and relatives yesterday thronged Mudavanhu Village here for the burial of veteran musician Andy Brown. The prolific lead guitarist succumbed to severe pneumonia at Parirenyatwa Hospital last Friday.

Zanu PF debate Andy Brown hero status

Zanu PF debate Andy Brown hero status

Zanu-PF Harare and Midlands provinces have approached the party requesting it to consider conferring Andy Brown with liberation war hero status. Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo said the status will be in recognition of the role played by the musician in supporting a national cause, the land reform programme.

Andy Brown felt media destroyed his career

Andy Brown felt media destroyed his career

Sometime last year I wrote an open letter to the late Andy Brown highlighting how he betrayed his career by engaging in politics. I mentioned how his involvement in the Hondo yeminda crusade was a blunder that buried his promising career.