Zimfest enters its second year in Harare on the global celebration of Zimbabwean arts and culture Zimfest has announced the date and venue for its second year in Harare. The event themed “Raindance” will be held on Saturday 22 December 2012 at the Harare Sports Club and will bring together Zimbabwe’s finest musicians, artists to the stage including some familiar faces alongside some exciting newcomers. The event organisers are promising a multi-dimensional exploration of the diversity of Zimbabwean culture built around an interplay of live music, the performance arts original cuisine and sport. The Project Manager of the festival Mike... Continue Reading
By Kenneth Matimaire -MUTARE, ZIMBABWE – UK based Zimbabwean afro-pop duo BKay & Kazz are expected to reconnect with their roots when they perform in the country on September 1. The homecoming show will be held at Arcadia Hall. It is being organised by Serious DJs Africa – a collaboration between two local disk jockeys – The Dude and DJ L-Roy. Though this is their first big gig in show business, the co-show promoter, The Dude promised to make it worthwhile as the afro-pop stars will be backed by a live band – Boomslang. The show will also feature an opening... Continue Reading
By Kenneth Matimaire -MUTARE – Ruffcut$ clothing and entertainment empire boss, Marco Machona stars as a gun-trotting gangster in an action packed Nollywood movie titled “Love in 72 Hours.” Machona plays the character of Tony – a ruthless, gun waving and trigger pulling muscle man who did anything to protect his boss. The brand executive also made use of his personal Ruffcut$ Ride – a 1955 Ford Mercury, which was hired in the movie. The Nollywood production is about a crazy, hyper young man (Tony’s Boss) with enough loot and clout to have bodyguards fighting over a chick. The whole... Continue Reading
Top Zimbabwean sports personalities – past and present – will on Sunday (22 July 2012, 14:00 hrs – 23:30 hrs) take part in an all-day festivity event at Rollers BBQ Spot in Chingford, as part of the welcome celebrations for the London 2012 Olympics squad. The gala, which includes a football tournament, children’s funfair and fundraising raffles has been organised by the Zimbabwe Diaspora Olympics Support Network (ZDOSN) and Rollers Club on behalf of the country’s Olympics governing body, the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC). Knox Chitiyo, the ZDOSN chair said: “London 2012 represents an opportunity for the Zimbabweans in the... Continue Reading
Controversial Sundance Hit Innovates New Documentary Genre “Performative Journalism” with Hilarious & Shocking Results ……..AUSTIN, TX – Monday, July 9th 2011 – Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the world-famous Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced their acquisition of The Ambassador, a darkly comic, genre-bending documentary that exposes the corrupt business of selling diplomatic titles to exploit the lucrative and limited resources of war torn, third world nations. Filmmaker/journalist/provocateur Mads Brügger (Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner for Red Chapel) uses humor in his jaw-dropping descent into one of the most dangerous places on the planet: Central African Republic. From each absurdly terrifying and hilarious... Continue Reading
