Due to demand, organisers of Loud Africa have extended the Harare auditions for the inaugural season to Sunday.
With over $30 000 worth of prizes to be won, the audition which saw a massive turn out during the past exit weekend will now run until July 1.
“We have decided to extend the auditions past the 28th of June to Sunday the 1st of July at 430pm,” said Loud Africa project manager Sandra Mlambo.
“This is because of the overwhelming late response we have had from the public asking for last minute auditions, we then decided that it would be good to give everyone an opportunity to showcase their talents.”
Harare auditions are being held at Pablo’Z located at Sam Levy’s Village from 0900am.
After the Harare audition, the call will then move to Gweru Pablo’Z from 2 to 12 July 2018.
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Diego Maradona was taken from his seat and helped into his private box just moments after Argentina dramatically beat Nigeria 2-1 at the World Cup.
The former Barcelona and Napoli star was captured on camera holding on to one person while another attempted to guide him through the door.
The footballing legend looked agitated throughout. His mood was seen ranging from celebrating wildly to falling asleep, to giving a disgraceful two-fingered salute after Marcos Rojo’s late winner.
The World Cup-winning legend was then treated by two paramedics in a nearby room at the end of the game.
Reports in Argentina claim Maradona was then taken to hospital but sources at the ground say he was treated at the stadium’s medical centre.
Anxious medical staff at St Petersburg’s 64,000-seat Zenit Arena were seen checking his pulse and attempting to calm him soon after.
Maradona, who has battled cocaine addiction and wild mood swings, was caught on TV lunging forwards from his executive box seat and giving opposing fans below “the finger” with both hands.
Diego Maradona swears at the Nigeria fans as Marcos Rojo grabs the winner for Argentina at World Cup 2018
The Mirror’s Darren Lewis, who was at the match, said: “Maradona has not gone to hospital. He was treated here at the Zenit Arena in the medical centre for a ‘blood pressure-related issue’
A preliminary diagnosis later confirmed he had high blood pressure and a heart murmur, according to reports.
Maradona is then treated by paramedics
Sources later suggested he recovered and boarded a private jet to fly to Moscow last night.
Fans had videoed him leaning against a barrier appearing unsteady on his feet at the match.
Hundreds of young hopefuls gathered at the Pablo’Z club in Harare during the weekend for a chance to audition on the new music talent search show, Loud Africa.
Excited and confident about their chances of success the artists queued outside the audition house as early as 8 am.
The Harare auditions which kicked off last week are in their final stages and are set to end on 28 June 2018.
Thereafter they move over to Pablo’Z Gweru from 2 to 12 July 2018.
The auditions, which ran for hours on Saturday, attracted interest from passing shoppers at the Sam Levi Village who expressed their enthusiasm about the upcoming latent search.
One Mrs Sterling said the country needed such properly funded talent shows so as to unearth the abundant talent we have.
“The last time we had something of this magnitude was during the CBZ A Academy days, and that’s a while back,” she said.
“From what I have been told here Loud Africa is going to be the biggest thing not only on TV but even on everyday conversations.”
Pablo’Z head of marketing, Lyndon Kapuya urged Harare artists to come and audition as the show auditions are now nearing the closing date.
“We do not want anyone with talent to be left out, young and old, both should come and register for a chance to win Loud Africa,” he said.
“So far we have had scores of talented artists from as far as Mutare, Norton, Marondera and other areas surrounding Harare.
He also said that schools which wanted to audition as a group are most welcome and they will pay the normal $15 registration fee.
The winner of Loud Africa will receive $30 000 worth of prizes among many things which include a full recording contract.
The show which will be hosted by radio presenter Rebbeca “Miss Becky” Muchenje will begin to air on ZBCtv end of July with the final expected before December.
Pablo’Z Productions in partnership with AfricanFire Media have invested heavily into the project and have purchased top of the range equipment
On its judges’ panel is radio and TV personality Zandile ‘The Zazalicious One’ Ndlovu, Power FM’s Hazvinei ‘DJ Chilli’ Sakarombe, singer Prayersoul, AfricanFire Media co-founder Martin Boka and singer-songwriter Victor Stot.
Check out some of the exciting stuff happening Loud Africa
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
