Sam Mtukudzi (21), one of Zimbabwe’s most promising young musicians, has died in a car crash. He was the son of one of Africa’s most legendary music stars, Oliver Mtukudzi. Sam passed away in the early hours of Monday morning (15 March 2010)The Zimbo Jam has learnt.
Music by Prudence,” made partly with the financial and creative support of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore’s MICA, overcame several other strong candidates, including the American labor tragedy “The Last Truck,” to win best short documentary at the 2010 Academy Awards on Sunday night.
It was a red carpet entrance as Zimbabwe’s arts stars turned up dressed to the nines for the 9th NAMA Awards held at the 7 Arts Theatre in Harare on Saturday. Power FM DJ, Hazvinei Sakarombe, ballet dancer Natalie Bradbury, singer Josphat Somanje and sculptor Dominic Benhura were among the big winners for the evening, making several trips to the stage as they won awards in two categories each.
If it had been up to the crowd, Bulawayo beauty Samantha Tshuma, would have been crowned the winner during the very first round of the Miss Tourism Zimbabwe pageant last night (6 Feb 2010). She had the packed auditorium of the Harare International Conference Centre cheering for her from the very beginning of the evening. The judges agreed with them it seems and Samantha was unanimously crowned Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2010.
Zimbabwemetro.com had the opportunity to get in touch with one of the young promising DJs who is breaking up the ranks and rising meteorically to stardom in the music industry. He is known by many as DJ Bronx he has displayed the quality and acumen that is needed in the music industry by his well [...]
For all those who stay in Canada its a chance to watch live the Zimbabwe`s greatest musician performing.
Venue: Phoenix Concert Theatre
Start Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 6:00pm
End Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 12:00am
Address: Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne Street, Toronto
City: Toronto, Canada
Price: $30.00 before Nov 15th $45.00 + at the door Tickets going [...]
To save yourself from a lashing from Zimbabwean Superstar Oliver Mutukudzi never take a picture of him if you are in a front raw seat in one of his exclusive shows.
Trawling the Internet for fresh and more depressing news on Zimbabwe the other day, I bumped into one of Gilbert Muponda’s copy-cat websites……..
Nkululeko Innocent Dube helped form and spearhead an arts group and they have gone to places that even the names of them are hard to write what more to print them. Nkululeko Innocent Dube is regarded as a local entrepreneur who realised the niche in the arts industry and with his uniqueness approach has reached greater levels despite of all the odds against new entrepreneurs. Zim-metro had the opportunity to converse with him and below are the excerpts from the conversation with the Iyasa Director Nkululeko Innocent Dube telling the world about how he and his group broke the new ground to success. He is a dedicated and devoted man who dreams big and does not believe in problems but maybe in difficulties or challenges.
Pop star Michael Jackson had a strong heart and was a “fairly healthy” 50-year-old, according to an autopsy report obtained in the US…
