IOL South Africa’s iconic struggle film, “Sarafina”, has been grabbing headlines this year. It tells the story of a protest against Afrikaans being made the official school language and stars a young Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba, Mbongeni Ngema, John Kani and Somizi Mhlongo with the screenplay by Mbongeni Ngema and William Nicholson. In
By Darlington Gatsi HIS is a story birthed out of struggles. Rising from the dust of Kambuzuma – a densely populated suburb of Harare – Winky D has transformed himself into a monument of success. Musical rhythm provides a perfect soundtrack to his rise in the Ghetto, a street lingo for high-density areas, Winky D
Bang Showbiz James Cameron will spend two years on “post production” for ‘Avatar 3’. The 69-year-old filmmaker has given an update on the upcoming movie – which follows last year’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ – and after its release was delayed, he is targeting a launch by the end of 2025. Speaking at a breakfast
By Bang Showbiz Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy “trained even harder” for her role on tour after being trolled over her “lacklustre” dance moves. The 11-year-old has become a regular on stage during her mom’s ‘Renaissance’ tour after the singer previously gave her the chance to dance in one of her shows, but now it’s been reported that Blue
By SA Correspondent The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa sprinkled the stardust for this awards season with a glittering sold out Dinner Gala at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Johannesburg. Celebrating the 8th edition of the South African chapter, the ZAA rolled out the honours for changemakers of the year as well as luminaries in
By Sunday Tribune Hollywood actress and Barbie star Margot Robbie will produce a fiction flick, set for production next year, focusing on an alleged syndicate of police, state prosecutors and magistrates aiding and abetting rhino poaching locally. How Eric Nzimande, the suspended KwaZulu-Natal Regional Court president, allegedly masterminded the “catch and release” of people linked
By DancehallMag Beenie Man has affirmed that he not only masterminded the creation of Zim-Dancehall, Zimbabwe’s local adaptation of Jamaican Dancehall, but also invented the term, quashing claims made over the years that it was coined by UK-based disc jockey Slaggy Yout. Beenie was speaking on Radio Jamaica about Jamaican musicians’ influence on the African continent and
By Mike Saburi | Bird Story Agency ARMED with a small hammer and chisel, Dominic Benhura – a renowned Zimbabwean stone sculptor – meticulously carves a towering figure of a life-size animal from a piece of serpentine stone. As he chisels delicately, bits and pieces of sharp greyish stone fragments fall off to the ground,
By Staff Reporter THE Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) is calling on the government to implement a robust regulatory framework after the registration of the Zimbabwe Council of Copyrights (ZICCO) as a Collective Management Organization (CMO). Before ZICCO’s licensing earlier this year by the Justice Ministry, ZIMURA had been Zimbabwe’s sole CMO responsible for administering
By Darlington Gatsi A LOCAL animation film, Mukudzei which is part of a Disney Plus original series will premiere Thursday night at a cinema in Harare. “Mukudzei”, directed by Tafadzwa Hove and Pious Nyenyewa, is from the “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” series. “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” features stories from African story creators from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria,
Saturday Star It’s been 32 years since the arty and iconic BMW 525i, painted by world-renowned artist Esther Mahlangu, was first shown across the world – but now it’s coming home. The 87-year-old South African Ndebele artist adorned a 1991 BMW 525i in the traditional Ndebele art style and colours for which it has been
By Darlington Gatsi TOP Zimbabwean artists, Winky D, Jah Prayzah and Gemma Griffiths garnered international recognition over the weekend for their exploits in African music. The trio was honoured at a colourful African Entertainment Awards USA (AEAUSA) ceremony held over the weekend. Wallace Chirimuko, better known as Winky D scooped the best reggae/ dancehall artist
By Haringey Community Press LONDON – Peter Molife, who taught geography and history at Northumberland Park School (now Duke’s Aldridge Academy) in Tottenham for 13 years, wrote his debut historical novel Eriza in 2019 at 69 years old. The book, inspired by the migration of Zimbabwean women pursuing nursing in the 1960s, follows the story
By Staff Reporter Elyon Lubricants, a pioneer in automotive care innovation, is gearing up to unveil the much-anticipated Spin Fest 2023, an exhilarating fusion of car spinning and chart-topping music. The adrenaline-charged event, set to take place at the iconic Borrowdale Racecourse on 26 November promises a day filled with high-octane excitement and entertainment. Managed
CBS TikTok is suspending its Creator Fund, a $1 billion allotment to pay the app’s users for creating successful content. The company is replacing the fund with another program that it said will pay creators more money.The fund was rolled out in 2021, giving successful creators – people who make TikTok videos with at least
By Bang Showbiz Timbaland has apologised for saying Justin Timberlake should “put a muzzle” on ex-girlfriend Britney Spears. The producer made the comment last month during a live interview with 9th Wonder at the Kennedy Center amid the release of the pop idol’s tell-all memoir, ‘The Woman In Me’. Taking questions from the audience, he said
The Hollywood Reporter Lori Harvey and Damson Idris have gone their separate ways after a little more than one year of dating. In a joint statement shared exclusively with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, Harvey and Idris said, “We are at a point in our lives where our individual paths require our full attention and dedication. We part ways remaining
By Darlington Gatsi PROPERTIES belonging to a night club of the late businessman Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure is set to be auctioned. Dreams Nightlife will be auctioning a chunk of its properties in a move that has been viewed as the collapse of Ginimbi’s estate. Ginimbi died on November 8 2020 in an accident that also
By Staff Reporter LOCAL comedienne Felistas Murata aka Mai Titi has been freed after her conviction for using a hired car as collateral in a US$10 000 debt was set aside by the High Court. Her lawyer Admire Masango confirmed. “Her appeal was set by the High Court and the State made a concession that
By Jordan Potter | Far Out Magazine IN the 1970s, Rhodesia, the unrecognised country north of South Africa now known as Zimbabwe, was a land of sociopolitical upheaval amid the Rhodesian Bush War. Spanning 15 years and five months between 1964 and 1979, the conflict saw three forces collide: the Rhodesian white minority-led government of
