JOHANNESBURG – Taking place on Sunday September 5th at Zoo Lake, this year is Jazz on the Lake: It delivers a superb live line-up that features veteran South African musician Caiphus Semenya, top-selling, award-winner Lira, Afrikaans pop superstar Kurt Darren, soulful newcomer, Auriol Hays and her accomplished live band, jazz outfit Afro’traction and highly-regarded Indian cross-genre band, Mrigya and more loads of family fun in the sun
By Martin Chemhere, in Johannesburg – New York Film Academy agitation has clasped inaugural Class Act winner Sdumo Mtshali, and the exceedingly capable actor is delighting in the looming big time and the Big Apple. By August this year he will be attending classes, interacting with the world’s finest film prospects at the eminent US institution. Exposing his fervent feelings recently, he thought: “I feel awesome, awesome, and awesome! I get to go to a school that’s regarded as one of the best in the world in the field that I love. And it’s an honour.” For 8 weeks in... Continue Reading
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, Tongai Matutu has bewed a riot by blaming and derogating the country’s victims of the deadly HIV virus, saying they worked hard to contract the disease and government should not waste money on them. Matutu, a Masvingo legislator in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party, reportedly told delegates at the launch of the National Youth Policy Review on Monday that more cash should be put to support disabled persons than to people living with HIV. He blamed AIDS victims for promiscuous behaviour. “It takes a lot of effort for... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba –Zimbabwe’s very own beauty model, the USA-based, Nonsi Sibanda reached the Miss Africa semi-finals in high spirits but unfortunatly did not collect the highly coveted title. The pageant is one of the biggest and the most publicized pageant that features African Queens in USA. It grooms a new generation of African women leaders to impact their communities in Africa, America and the rest of the world. “It was an honor to represent Zimbabwe at the Miss Africa pageant this past weekend but unfortunately we did not win. I have changed the group name to LIFT because that... Continue Reading
KINSHASA – Authorities arrested a journalist this wek on criminal defamation charges in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hours earlier, in an unrelated incident, armed men briefly forced the city’s three main opposition broadcasters off the air, according to local journalists and news reports. Pascal Mulunda, editor of weekly Le Monitor, has been held in Kinshasa’s Penitentiary and Reeducation Center since police officers picked him on Tuesday with an arrest warrant, defense lawyer Joel Awnze Kaloume told CPJ. No date had been set for trial and the defense was requesting Mulunda’s release on bail, Kaloume said. The arrest... Continue Reading
