The chicken changed: Hifa marks return seven years after Mugabe’s demise
The Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) is officially making a dramatic comeback.
By Style Reporter
May. 24, 2026
Mbira, violin reunite at Sofar Women’s Month concert
Sofar curator Khumbulani Muleya said the mystery surrounding the line-up helps create a different kind of concert experience.
By Staff Writer
Mar. 20, 2026
The urgency of originality: Creating a new Zim sound
The rural areas, townships, and smaller cities have incredible singers, instrumentalists, and composers who are sidelined simply because they lack access to mainstream platforms.
By Raymond Millagre Langa
Mar. 16, 2025
Beauty Ngwende sees a future in music
An up-and-coming Afro-pop artiste inspired by the late mbira maestro Chiwoniso Maraire, Ngwende’s musical journey began in primary school.
By Rachel Shonhiwa
Sep. 24, 2024
In the groove: Our artistes who art in heaven
Peter Tosh and I did a bit of reasoning and he finally convinced me like Wadsworth, that artistes never die as their music lives on forever.
By Fred Zindi
Oct. 8, 2023
Apple Music celebrates Zim music on Independence Day
The streaming platform, which boasts almost 80 million subscribers, also featured a mix from Zimbabwean DJ HALU on its exclusive DJ Mix platform.
By Life & Style Reporter
Apr. 25, 2023
When drugs become a way of life
The children involved say the drug kingpin is Richard, but told NewsDay that they do not know his surname.
By Sharon Buwerimwe
Feb. 6, 2023
Edutainment mix: The mbira in the cosmos of development
Reference can also be made to traditional mbira groups like Mbira dzeNharira who have managed to tour overseas exporting the rich sounds of mbira, and its connectivity to the soul and the spirit.
By Raymond Millagre Langa
Sep. 18, 2022
In the groove: Is Patrick Mukwamba jinxed?
Patrick Mukwamba is a very sad man. Despite spending a long time thinking about and penning a lot of meaningful songs, he remains a bitter man. In the 1970’s, he went into the recording studios and spent a long time recording them. He still does.
By The Southern Eye
Aug. 7, 2022
