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Davido, Sjava amongst the BET Awards 2018 Winners

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Davido, Sjava amongst the BET Awards 2018 Winners

Nigerian pop star Davido won Best International Act on Sunday at the BET Awards whilst South African musician Sjava bagged himself a BET Viewer’s Choice ‘Best International Act’ award.

 

Sjava, real name Jabulani Hadebe, was nominated alongside Nigeria’s Niniola and Kwesi Arthur of Ghana.

Two other South African artists Cassper Nyovest, as well as Distruction Boys, were also nominated.

The BET Awards, established by Black Entertainment Television to recognize the best in African American culture, maintains an international category for black music from outside the United States.

 

BET Networks recognized an exceptional lineup of artists, entertainers, cultural provocateurs and inspiring humanitarians across over 19 categories at the 18th Annual BET Awards.

The ceremony, hosted by Academy and Grammy-award winner, Jamie Foxx, aired live from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE on Sunday, June 24, 2018.

“BET AWARDS 18” Show Highlights Include:

Host Jamie Foxx opened the show with a witty Wakanda-themed banter focused on the film’s star Michael B. Jordan who was seated front-row. Jamie then lured Jordan on stage to recite a profound passage about honor and sacrifice from the record-breaking blockbuster.

Critically acclaimed lyricist, conscientious hip hop artist and record producer, J. Cole, performed a medley of “Friends” with Daniel Caesar and Wale. Later, Miguel joined the stage for a soulful and resounding version of “Come Through and Chill.”

Sjava

Nicki Minaj took over the BET stage once again with a fierce version of her current single, “Chun Li.” She later re-appeared alongside 2 Chainz and Big Sean as featured artists on YG’s performance of “Big Bank.”

Meek Mill delivered a powerful performance of his first new song since being released from prison, “Stay Woke,” addressing the abhorrent inequalities in the criminal justice system and included vivid imagery of police violence and mass incarceration.

Here is the complete winners’ list of the “BET Awards” 2018 

Best Female R&B / Pop Artist Award

Beyonce

Best Male R&B / Pop Artist Award

Bruno Mars

Best Group Award

Migos

Best Collaboration Award

DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller – Wild Thoughts

Best Male Hip Hop Artist Award

Kendrick Lamar

Best Female Hip Hop Artist Award

Cardi B

Video of the Year Award

Drake – God’s Plan

Video Director of the Year Award

Ava Duvernay

Best New Artist Award

SZA

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Lecrae feat. Tori Kelly – I’ll Find You

The Best International Act Award

Davido (Nigeria)

Best Actress Award

Tiffany Haddish

Best Actor Award          

Chadwick Boseman

Young Stars Award

Yara Shahidi

Best Movie Award

Black Panther

Sportswoman of the Year Award

Serena Williams

Sportsman of the Year Award

LeBron James

Album of the Year Award

DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar

BET Her Award

Mary J. Blige – Strength of a Woman

Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award

Cardi B – Bodak Yellow

 

Get in on all the World Cup action with your Favourite Celebrities on WhatsApp

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Get in on all the World Cup action with your Favourite Celebrities on WhatsApp

FIFA World Cup fever is in the air and DStv is the only place to get the best World Cup experience.

 

With DStv’s SuperSport offering the best coverage of the World Cup experience, viewers can apply to join up with a new and exciting WhatsApp group featuring insights from pre-match and post-match commentators and analysts.

Football fans who get onto the group can watch all 64 games live in HD on SuperSport and then share their views with the likes of former Botswana national player Diphetego Selolwane, Ghanaian sports journalist Juliet Bawla.

Zambian footballer Kalusha Bwalya and award-winning hip-hop artiste and fervent football fan AKA and others.

All active DStv subscribers are eligible to take part. To enter the experience, send your name and smartcard number to www.ultimatefangroup.com  and you will soon be interacting with a great mix of sports journalists, former footballers, football commentators and popular personalities.

Participants will be randomly selected from the entries.

The Whatsapp group offers a huge amount of added value:

  • One-on-one expert post-match analysis of the world cup games.
  • Be a part of trending conversations by getting involved in the conversation on your ‘phone.
  • World-class analysis from football heroes and enthusiasts direct to your ‘phone.
  • Heard of “coach on the couch”? Well, this is even better because now you have an audience.
  • Interact with some popular celebrities around your shared interests.

Two Weeks To Entry Deadline For Multichoice Talent Factory Academy

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Two Weeks To Entry Deadline For Multichoice Talent Factory Academy

With less than two weeks to deadline, entries are pouring in for the MultiChoice Talent Factory, as thousands of people across Africa apply to be among the lucky few chosen for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

 

The successful entries will be part of MultiChoice’s pan-African social responsibility initiative to boost the continental film and television industry.

Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said entries from within Zimbabwe were among those received so far, and many more were expected to be sent in by the deadline of 5pm on Thursday, July 5.

The MultiChoice Talent Factory initiative consists of three key programmes: MTF academies, Masterclasses and the MTF Portal.

”We remind people that the call has been made for applications for the MTF Academy, a 12-month, fully-funded educational programme aimed at passing on to 60 young and talented people the necessary skills that will enable them to work and innovate in film and television production.

The Academy programme will, in fact, be made up of three regional MTF Academies, one based in Kenya for East Africa, one in Nigeria for West Africa and one in Zambia for Southern and Central  African countries.

“We urge all hopeful aspiring film and TV students to complete their entries and submit them in order to be considered for this opportunity,” said Ms Dziva.

“We’re delighted to see the enthusiasm and interest this initiative has so far garnered and we would like to encourage anyone who wants to develop the skills needed to succeed in the film and TV industry to visit the MultiChoice Talent Factory website to complete the entry application form right away.

”The website is at www.multichoicetalentfactory.comand forms can be sourced there. These must be submitted as indicated on the website by end of business on July 5, after which an adjudication process will whittle down the thousands of entries to 60 MTF students – 20 for each region.

The MTF Academy venues will launch the year-long programme October 1.

HOW TO ENTER:

Step 1: Go to www.multichoicetalentfactory.com and register your details with an active email account. Then go to your inbox and wait for a verification email.

Step 2: Once you have received the verification email, click on the link which will take you back to the MTF website, where you will then click on the ‘Apply’ tab to start the application process.

Step 3: Once the Apply tab opens, fill in all the required information in ALL the fields (Do not forget to save each stage so that your information remains available to you). Also make sure you include/upload ALL the necessary and required documentation (FORMAT: these can be in PDF or Word doc).

Step 4: Click Save and Complete the application process.

Step 5: It’s A wrap! You will get an email in your inbox to confirm successful registration.

 Interested people can Join the MTF social media conversation on the hashtag #multichoicetalentfactory and follow or join Instagram @multichoicetalentfactory; Twitter @MCTalentFactory and Facebook/multichoiceafricatalentfactory

Miss Tourism Harare Finals on Tomorrow Night

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Miss Tourism Harare Finals on Tomorrow Night

A total of 30 girls will take to the ramp tomorrow evening at the New Ambassador Hotel as they contest for the title of Miss Tourism Harare.

 

After weeks of auditions which were held at the ZTA offices in Harare, a total of 70 aspiring queens went into boot camp where they were groomed by Zim Gossip Models’ Rose Moyo and Mercy “Catwalk” Mushaninga.

The 30 aspirants were chosen from four provinces mainly Harare Metropolitan, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland West, only six will proceed to the Miss Tourism Zimbabwe national finals.

Miss Tourism Harare licence holder Mercy Mushaninga said she was satisfied with the class of ladies who will take part in the finals.

“They are beautiful and excited about the pageant, we have taken them through grooming and the level of preparedness and confidence among them is high,” she said.

She also revealed the names of the judges for the night and these are Tsitsi Mutanga, Cuthbert Chigwida, Adeline Garden, Hilda Mabu and Tare Munzara.

A surprise package of local up and coming musicians will be providing entertainment at the 3-hour event which kicks off at 6 pm.

What do Argentina need to Do to Stay in World Cup 2018?

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What do Argentina need to Do to Stay in World Cup 2018?

Just two games into the 2018 World Cup, Lionel Messi and Argentina are facing elimination, they were last knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage in 1962.

The Albiceleste failed to win for the second consecutive match in Russia, falling 3-0 to Croatia Thursday in Nizhny Novgorod on a self-inflicted wound by backup goalkeeper Willy Caballero, a brilliant long-range goal by Luca Modric and a tap-in by Ivan Rakitic in stoppage time.

Croatia advanced to the knockout stage with the victory. But Argentina’s loss means it must win its final Group D game versus Nigeria, plus get some help with other results, to avoid an embarrassing first-round exit.

Here is the breakdown

Iceland take on Nigeria on Friday afternoon in a game which could effectively knock Argentina out of the World Cup at the group stage.

  • A win would put Iceland on four points – the maximum Argentina could get from the group.
  • In the World Cup group stage teams’ tiebreakers are decided on goal difference not head-to-head like the Euros.
  • Effectively, Iceland could win their next game vs Nigeria and then draw against Croatia in their last game to finish on five points and put Argentina out. Or alternatively, Iceland could draw with Nigeria and defeat Croatia to leave it out of Argentina’s hands.
  • This means that a win may not be enough in Argentina’s final game against Nigeria, depending on the outcome of Iceland vs Nigeria on Friday.

Mannex and Zimreggastra Take Reggae Uptown

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Mannex and Zimreggastra Take Reggae Uptown

One of Zimbabwe’s top reggae crooners, Emmanuel Motsi aka Mannex and his Zimreggestra band will be taking his groundbreaking act uptown at the PaPosition Bar and Lounge in Avondale this Friday, 22 June 2018.

 

Mannex, who used to perform with legendary reggae band, Transit Crew, as a lead singer, promised to put up a polished act at the venue where he is set to perform for the first time.

“When I do music I do it from the soul, for the people. It’s my mission to bring a message of life and hope to the people.

Reggae is for everyone, for every occasion. You have to come and see for yourself,” said Mannex.

Mannex and Zimreggestra band manager, Tatenda Chimanga aka Sisqo Lion, said that the Friday act will also feature Mannex on the percussion and guitar.

“All along, we’ve been pushing the envelope. We are taking Zimbabwean original reggae sound to a whole new level. The response so far has been great.

We are not copycatting, especially, on the new songs that we are cooking and brewing,” said Sisqo Lion.

The Mannex and Zimreggestra act has been performing mainly at high-density spots like Mabvuku, Tafara, Rugare among others and is now upping the ante by taking the act to revellers who would not otherwise have been able to go to the far-flung venues.

“We want to bring reggae back to everybody but in our own version. We believe that real reggae has a place in Zimbabwean people’s hearts and that’s why we are on a mission to take it far and wide,” said Mannex.

“It’s going to be a whole different reggae experience. We are promising all the uptowners fireworks.

Through our meticulous act, we are striving to bring a new breath of air in the entertainment sphere in Zimbabwe.

At the same time, we are blurring the illusionary lines between downtown and uptown by bringing our music to all the audiences.

Mannex and his Zimreggestra bring a charisma and energy on stage that is so intense that with better outreach they stand to attract greater audiences to their shows.

In May, the band performed at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA), a recognition of the band’s reggae prowess.

According to Mannex, the vision of the band is to celebrate the African culture and way of life and bring families and their visions together.

He added that he will also sample some music which will form part of an album project that the band is currently working on.

Lafarge Poetry Slam Comes To Harare

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Lafarge Poetry Slam Comes To Harare

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe will be hosting a Poetry Slam this weekend in Harare under the theme “Building better cities, Building Better citizens”.

 

The Harare edition of the poetry slam is in partnership with LitFest, an organization that runs an annual international literature festival and is headed by one of Zimbabwe’s most celebrated poets, Chirikure Chirikure.

A public call for participation was issued six weeks ago and over eighty poets sent their pitch videos for the preliminary shortlisting.

A panel of adjudicators selected the top 20 poets who are set to contest in Harare on the 23rd of June 2018.

The contestants will battle it out in three rounds of live performances, after which the top three poets will emerge.

The best poet will walk away with a cash prize of $800, while the second runner-up will get $400 and the third will be awarded $200.

The Prize money comes with specially crafted animal horn trophies which resemble the role of a poet as a bearer of important messages in society.

In traditional African communication culture, the horn is a communication gadget used to broadcast important information such as a call for an important village meeting or announcing that there has been a death in the community.

In addition, the ten finalists will also get token prizes in form of books.
The Lafarge Poetry Slam is an initiative that is aimed at providing a platform for thought-provoking poetry about key subjects relating to the Zimbabwean society.

The expectation is to build positivity and inspire solutions to societal issues. This particular poetry slam theme, “Building better cities, Building better citizens”, is a call for poets to consider positive and socially constructive messages in their poetry.

It is anticipated that these poets will focus on the growth possibilities in our nation and in our people.

The Lafarge Poetry Slam is also Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe’s avenue for supporting the Literary Arts sector in Zimbabwe.

The Arts sector thrives on the support of stakeholders who provide platforms for exposure and performance to refine their art.

A poetry slam is a tournament in which poets compete in live performances of original works. Each poet has to perform in a limited length of time. There will be a panel of judges that will be adjudicating in the process.

After each round, the contestants with the highest points proceed to the next phase, until the top three poets eventually emerge.

Besides being competitive, a slam is also fun and highly entertaining as the poets are not allowed to use any props, but have to depend on their creativity and performance skills.

#WCW: Karen Paida talks Love Life, Career, Fashion & Diamonds

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#WCW: Karen Paida talks Love Life, Career, Fashion & Diamonds

In October 2016 Karen Paida made history as she became a runner-up in the DStv TLC Next Great Presenter.

 

Before that, she was also a presenter with Nafuna TV and in just over two years she has become a household name in the broadcasting industry.

Her striking red carpet dresses, flashing smile in front of the camera and those sweet giggles she makes on Capitalk FM radio have made us to crush on her and make her our #WCE

In a nutshell who is Karen and how did your Broadcasting/Media career begin.

My career began 4 years ago when I started off at Dants Media publishers for Jewel Magazine.

I gained my interest for broadcast there and started off behind the camera. I got in front of the camera by accident as an experiment and when it worked I stuck with it.

Now I’ve also ventured into radio and I can’t get enough of the thrill of being on the mic.

How long have you been a radio presenter and how are you finding the job.

Karen Paida Mukwedeya

I’ve been in radio for a year and a half now. It’s the most satisfying job because you can be yourself.

Tell us something about your job, other than money, that you love the most and has inspired you to keep working there.

It’s the inspiration you get from different guests that you invite to the studio and the knowledge I get not only from my guests but even from the listeners.

I’ll tell you something, radio is the perfect place for you to find yourself.

The most treasured item in your closet is….

Hmm, jewellery. Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Lol

When I’m at work I love wearing….

Heels. Now I don’t wear them often but I do wear them on important occasions like when I have a meeting or something.

It’s like they give you that extra boost of confidence. ( Even though they are sore sometimes )

I would never be caught dead wearing…

Those Nikki Minaj shades that look like a hat. I know it’s fashion but common

My guilty pleasure is…

Food. I love to eat

 

Is Karen single, dating, married…

A very single Karen..

Very single

 

Tell us something we don’t know about you

I’m actually very shy, I open up to people when they know me. I literally have to psych myself up every time before I get on camera or I speak in front of an audience

 

How does Karen relax when not working…your life’s passions other than your job

Well, I watch a lot of series and read as well.. I also like to go out and socialize with others.

So you can say I’ve got the best of both worlds here being both an introvert and an extrovert lol

Sekurutau gets a Presidential Facebeat as he eyes State House

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Sekurutau gets a Presidential Facebeat as he eyes State House

Zimbabwe’s African Roots Music maestro and world-renowned sculptor-cum-businessman Bryn Mteki says he now looks presidential material after a makeover.

 

Just as many thought Mteki aka Sekurutau was not confident of winning the presidency, the man of song is proving to all and sundry that he isn’t backing off yet.

Unveiling his new look, Sekurutau took to Facebook saying he now sees himself as the next president.

“NEW LOOK after careful considerations on my new Job as the next Zimbabwean President I have been listening and paying attention to all Zimbabweans across the Globe.

“The issue is I have taken note of all your remarks my beloved fellow Zimbabweans . . . I finally started preparing (sic) for the inauguration Speech plus my artistic look with Blonde hair and earrings has to go (sic), and I started wearing nice suits.

Sekurutau

“Nice Shoes. Let’s do it I know we can do it VOTE BRYN TAURAI MTEKI for PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE for Better Life “Mission Restore Zimbabwe”.

He then posted a picture of his new look and captioned them “#PECHEDU Sekurutauvatongozvipengerawozvawo”

Sekurutau will go down in the history books as the first artist and sculptor to run for presidency.

He is among the 23 presidential hopefuls who successfully submitted their nomination papers at the Harare Magistrates’ courts.

In what has become a trend the world over where celebrities and top footballers run for the highest offices in their countries, Sekurutau hopes to ride on his wave of his popularity as a shrewd artist-cum-businessman.

Sekurutau made his intentions to run for president public early in April in his independence message.

“I thank you all. I hope Zimbabwe will go far as I also look forward to becoming the next President of the Republic Of Zimbabwe,” he posted on his Facebook page.

Sekurutau, however, urged musicians to desist from attacking politicians but instead advise them.

Apart from music and sculpture, Sekurutau is a businessman and founder of BrynBrands with interests in retail supermarkets, bottle stores, nightclubs, real estate, butcheries and takeaways.

He also operates a transport business, mining and a clothing line, among others. Sekurutau recently launched BrynBrands Mvura and DOVI peanut butter.

Loud Africa’s $30k Music Talent Search begins Today!!

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Loud Africa’s $30k Music Talent Search begins Today!!

The first-ever nationwide Loud Africa music talent search kicks off today in Harare with thousands of aspirants expected to attend the audition.

 

The show which is a combined production of Pablo’Z Productions and African Fire Media seeks to find the golden voice in the country that will be developed into a star.

Harare auditions will be held at Pablo’Z in Borrowdale for the next 10 days from 18 to 28 June 2018.

These will be catering for the Northen part of the country, with the Southern part set for Gweru at the recently opened Pablo’Z from 2 to 12 July 2018.

Auditioning time is 0900 am sharp with registration pegged at $15 per participant.

Loud Africa will be giving away the biggest winner’s cheque of $30 000 in the history of Music Competition in Zimbabwe.

Check out a message from one of the Judges

Prayersoul – LoudAfrica Music Talent Show – Audition Dates & Info

Prayersoul – LoudAfrica Music Talent Show – Audition Dates & Info#AfricanFireAF #PablozProductions #ZBC #ZBCTV #PowerfmZimbabwe #LoudAfrica #LoudAfricaZW #Prayersoulhttps://youtu.be/LlNQhCCUclQ

Posted by AfricanFire AF Media on Thursday, June 14, 2018

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