Legendary singer, guitarist, academic, former professional soccer player, professional FIFA trained soccer coach and cartoonist Bob Nyabinde was finally buried at Kwekwe Central cemetery on Tuesday 26 December 2023. Nyabinde died in Harare on 24 December from complications resulting from diabetes.
Plaxedes Wenyika has released her 8th album titled ‘Afro-Soul Rhapsody.’ It features 10 songs. It was recorded in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The album is aimed at her original audience from the early 2000s, like her, now in their 40s.
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Bishop Tapfumaneyi Masaya who was allegedly abducted while campaigning for recalled opposition MP Phibion Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi in Mabvuku-Tafara on Saturday has been found dead in Harare.
Masike’s compositions are in just the right key to flatter her strong, graceful voice and compliment the amplified mbira in her hands. Her slim tall body slightly arched backwards in a standing posture, looking very relaxed. A relaxed ‘girl next door’ but retaining control in everything. When she thumbs her mbira, every note is clear and graceful. Artists use the left side of the brain where the majority use a dominant right side. That’s why they are called Creatives, and Hope Masike is creative in various Major Arts.
Today Alexio Kawara will be performing in the UK with a host of other musicians from the Urban Grooves era from the early 2000s. He performed at the Zimbabwe German Society on 4 August reviving his popular Thursday night series in Harare. Apart from the KuChina Series, in October he will also perform at the Jacaranda Music Festival in Harare in October.
Controversial Zimdancehall artists Hulengende and Malloti Rose have come under scrutiny after being named in Parliament over allegations that they are promoting and normalising drug and substance abuse through their social media content.
For many keen observers of the country’s politics, Muchena, though no longer serving, represents the significant position of the Deep State, whose serving members could not publicly articulate the same position as it is at variance with the stated position of the party and government, though it resonates with the people.
Sadio Mané has not held back in blasting the decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to strip Senegal of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and hand it to Morocco.
HARARE - A group of retired generals led by Air Marshal (Retired) Henry Muchena has warned former Norton legislator Temba Mliswa over his remarks on their submission to Parliament regarding Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, insisting their actions were constitutional and reaffirming their stance with the declaration that “once a soldier, always a soldier.”
