FASHIONGIVESBACK! 2011 is the spectacular boutique event launching at BMW Synter in Leicester on Friday 19th August in aid of ‘Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children’. The BBC documentary – ‘Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children’, by BAFTA winning directors Xoliswa Sithole and Jezza Neumann followed the lives of three children growing up in Zimbabwe. Charlene Mukuzvaza, a young Zimbabwean woman living in the UK was so moved by this beautiful yet haunting documentary, that she enlisted the support of her fellow countrymen to create a fundraising event using the medium of fashion to benefit under-privileged children in her home country. Hosted by the award-winning Zimbabwean... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 9th 2011 |
Mbira queen Chiwoniso and mbira-punk rock band chikwata.263 join forces for what has to be one of 2011’s most exciting gigs. Chiwoniso is performing fresh back from tour and collaborating with a punk band for the first time. Chikwata.263 have been making waves since they burst onto the Zimbabwean music scene at the beginning of this year fusing punk rock and mbira and this show promises to be their most spectacular yet. The show is being dedicated to the memory of the late great Adam Chisvo, Chiwoniso’s former mbira player and percussionist and one of the legends of Zimbabwean music.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, July 14th 2011 |
There is always that dysfunctional couple. From the moment they set eyes on each other, their interaction has always been tumultuous, enemies with benefits, its a relationship that was dead on arrival. The neighbors hear them fight and bicker over issues that stretch from finances to accusations of infidelity, a bitter existence that often leaves one battered and the other bruised. The caring intervene, moments of arbitration that inspire resolutions that later on become nothing more that the remains of unfulfilled and broken promises. And so if Zimbabwe is the home, then we the citizens are the children caught in the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, July 13th 2011 |
Following last week’s popular announcement of the heat wave that had record UK mobile visitors visiting the Rightmove website, mobile website developers ‘PropertyGoneMobi’ have this week experienced a surge in enquiries from estate agents across the country keen to understand how ‘Going Mobile’ can improve their property businesses. Simon Kaguramamba a Zimbabwean born award winning ‘Young Entrepreneur’ who founded the, Birmingham based, mobile start-up took a few minutes to share 3 key findings made from other agents who have already gone mobile with PropertyGoneMobi. 1. One in five enquiries made by a mobile visitor Most Agents will confirm that between... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 11th 2011 |
By Novell Zwange – HARARE – On 20 July 2011, at the Africa Unity Square, the Buy Zimababwe Campaign and the CEOs of several companies in Zimbabwe are launching an event and symbolic flag-flying ceremony, the Buy Zimbabwe Day,and are calling all Zimbabweans to join in celebrations. Events commemorating 20 July as Buy Zimbabwe Day are aimed at raising awareness and generating support for consumers to buy products made in Zimbabwe and help revive local industries. The Buy Zimbabwe Campaign is coordinating with national bodies such as; Standards Association of Zimbabwe (S.A.Z), National Economic Consultative Forum (N.E.C.F), Marketers Association of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 11th 2011 |
