See the complete list of the winners here

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20/02/2018

Who would have thought that Prisca Chireka’s successful battle with breast cancer could influence the creation of Anaka a lipstick, well such us the story behind the beauty line.

Prisca Chireka (left) with South African Based gospel singer Lindi Marc at Derby Cheryl Boutique in Hillside

Founded by UK based Prisca Maguranyanga Chireka ANAKA was successfully launched in Zimbabwe last week with scores of females giving the brand a test.

Anaka lipstick is being manufactured in France and it comes in a variety of ranges to cater for as many shades of skin as possible.

“We received an overwhelming response in the UK and we thought of introducing the product back home in Zimbabwe,” said Prisca.

“Anaka is about boosting your confidence and we made sure we give our clients that, we also put carefully emphasis on the health of users.

“A lot of fake products find their way to Africa without any consideration to human health, this is something that we are very much concerned with and we have created products that are harmless to our beautiful ladies.

Here is how Maisie Golding described the lipstick during last year’s launch in the UK.

“The sleek matte lip stain provides a smooth and moisturizing way to unleash your confidence, whatever your skin colour. Whether you’re drinking a cold Chardonnay or on a night out with your friends, it doesn’t transfer to anything or anyone! Anaka’s range of lip stains will grab everyone’s attention with their vibrant colours to impress even the most demanding of eyes”, she said.

Prisca spoke of Anaka’s future: “Anaka’s mission is to redefine beauty and support people in their exploration of their uniqueness, and their journey to self-love. Gone are the days when beauty was defined in a few words. We are pushing the boundaries of extreme beauty.”

“We are taught from a young age right through to adulthood to prioritise external beauty. We have been conditioned to believe that we need to look a certain way, all too often we conform to that.

“Imagine that you have a birthmark, a surgical scar, a lump or have lost a limb. Does this mean that you are not beautiful? At Anaka we are challenging this perception.

“Whether you have dimples, scars or have lost a limb or a breast, you are still uniquely beautiful. Anaka is paving the way for people to see this for themselves, and in each other,” said Prisca.

ANAKA lipstick is available at MK Care Pharmacy inside the Samora Machel Parkade as well as Derby Cheryl Boutique in Hillside.

Soul Jah Love barred from Entering UK – The Details

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20/02/2018

Soul Jah Love barred from Entering UK – The Details

ZimDancehall King Soul Jah Love was recently denied a UK visa because of medical fees owed to the U.K. National Health Service (NHS)

Confirming the development, the organisers said in a statement that Tocky Vibes has been dropped in to replace Soul Jah Love.

“With much regret, we would like to announce that Soul Jah Love will no longer be performing at Zim Connect ’18. His visa was unsuccessful as a result of outstanding payments owed to the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) following an emergency hospital admission in 2016,” said the statement.

It is believed that Soul Jah Love owes £9000 in medical bills to NHS.

The organisers are also appealing to his fans to help settle the bills so that the singer can in the future be allowed entry into the UK.

“If there are concerned individuals or organisations interested in pooling funds to settle the payment arrears, please get in touch with the AFROKINGS team. Our team will redirect you to an independent third party who will be responsible for handling the settlement,” they said.

Tocky Vibes will now perform in his place as the promoters are in the process of securing his visa which they hope will be out on Wednesday 21st February 2018.

The star is set to share the stage with Ammara Brown, ExQ, Stunner and Trevor Dongo who arrived in the U.K on Monday 19th February 2018 to join Charlie Kay.

Ammara Brown blasts NAMA

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20/02/2018

Singer Ammara Brown has blasted the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe organised National Arts and Merit Awards (NAMA) saying the awards are not based on facts.

Ammara Brown joins a nationwide outcry about Saturday’s ceremony which some have described as a “fraud and national embarrassment.”

Embarrassing they were when the adjudicators awarded the song of the year to Jah Prayzah’s Ndini Ndamubata ahead of a year’s hit Pamamonya Ipapo by Soul Jah Love.

In fact, some circles think there is a deliberate ploy to not recognise Zimdancehall after another dancehall singer Killer T was also clearly robbed in 2015 – 2016 album of the year category with his album Ngoma Ndaimba.

The Akiliz hitmaker decided to address ‘the elephant in the room’ by taking to Instagram. She wrote:

“I’m gonna address the elephant in the room. Yes I am hearing your cries. Many of you feel I was “robbed” of awards, but let’s take a moment. The NAMAs are not based on facts, they are based on opinions.

“A panel of anonymous judges, observe your work and battle it out among themselves. My numbers don’t lie. Ammartia you are the biggest Zimbabwean fan base under any female by faaaarrr. My debut album reached Number 2 on iTunes Charts in its first week.

Ammara lost the best female artist to equally hardworking gospel singer Janet Manyowa, her song Akiliz also lost out to Jah Prayzah’s Ndini Ndamubata, leaving the songstress empty-handed.

She added: “While Akiliz has climbed Trace Africa Charts, it hit half a million views in 6 weeks. Don’t get me started on all the tours I did and to top it off YOUR VOTES made it Song of The Year for 2017 on the Star FM Charts .. But! These are facts. The NAMAs aren’t based on facts, they’re based on opinions. I understand your frustrations but, they’ve reiterated continuously that it is not a popularity contest.

“People’s choice is the only category the public can vote for. In fact, I was grateful there was a winner because some categories weren’t even afforded, she said.

The NAMAs also hit another record low when they decided not to award anyone in LITERARY AWARDS Category, arguing that of all the nominees, Outstanding First Creative Work and Outstanding Children’s Book none were good enough.

See the complete list of the winners here

NAMA 2018 Winners Complete List

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19/02/2018

The 17th edition of the NAMA Awards 2018 took place Saturday night at the Reps Theatre in Harare and Jah Prayzah was the biggest winner in the music category, taking three gongs.

Below is a complete list of winners

1 SPOKEN WORD AWARDS

Outstanding Actor – Tinashe Tafirenyika

Outstanding Comedian – Mandlenkosi Mathe aka Da Comedian

2 LITERARY AWARDS

Outstanding First Creative Work – No Winner

Outstanding Children’s Book – No winner

Outstanding Fiction – Stanley Mushava (Underclass Books & Film)

3 THEATRE AWARDS

Outstanding Actor – Leonard Phiri in Ihloka

Outstanding Actress – Charlene Mangweni

Outstanding Theatrical Production – The Incident directed by Elizabeth ‘Zaza’ Muchemwa

Outstanding Director – Elizabeth Muchemwa

4 DANCE AWARDS

Outstanding Female Dancer – Yeukai Zinyoro

Outstanding Male Dancer – Malcom E

Outstanding Group – M & M Factory

5 VISUAL ARTS AWARDS

Outstanding 2 Dimensional – Twisted Yoke

Outstanding 3 Dimensional – No winner

Outstanding Mix Media – Madam vebvoda foni

Outstanding Exhibition – Helen Lieros @ Delta Gallery

6 FILM & TELEVISION

Outstanding Actress – Kudzai Musungo (Muzita Rababa)

Outstanding Actor – Charles Mzemba (Kushata Kwemoyo)

Outstanding Music video – Over Again by Vimbai Mukarati

Outstanding Screen Production – Ruvimbo Wedding directed by Ben Mahaka

Outstanding Screen Production (Full Length) – Shem Zemura

7 MUSIC AWARDS

Outstanding Male Musician – Jah Prayzah

Outstanding Female Music – Janet Manyowa

Outstanding Album – Kutonga Kwaro (Jah Prayzah)

Outstanding Song – Ndini Ndamubata (Jah Prayzah)

8 SPECIAL AWARDS

Outstanding Promoter – Divine Assignments

Arts Service Award – Rootftop

Lifetime Achievement – Pathisa Nyathi

People’s Choice – Winky D

9 MEDIA AWARDS

Outstanding Journalist Radio – Nicola Ndoro

Outstanding Journalist Print – Prince Mushawevato

Outstanding Journalist –TV Sifiso Mpofu

Outstanding Online Media – Bustop.

Chiwenga gives Valentine’s treat to Female Prisoners

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15/02/2018

Chiwenga gives Valentine’s treat to Female Prisoners

Founder of Mushamukadzi Charity Organisation Mrs Marry Chiwenga yesterday decided to give a Valentine’s treat to inmates at the Chikurubi Female Prison.

Valentine’s day is a day where Swiss chocolates and giant teddy bears are being displayed in every shop window, red heart-shaped balloons in every supermarket and rose petals were scattered on home and hotel beds.

Those incarcerated can only dream of such privileges as their plight is more than just a yearning to hear the latest Ed Sheeran love song.

On a holiday made for showing love and affection, the former model and Miss World Zimbabwe chairperson accompanied by her mother Mrs Mubaiwa made a surprise ‘love’ visit to the ladies.

It was all smiles and ululation as the prisoners were munching some fried chicken while looking at piles of donations that the wife of the country’s Vice president had brought.

Said Mrs Chiwenga: “Today being the 14th of February Valentine’s day were couples alike show each other affection through buying gifts for each other sending flowers to their other half, I want this day to be the day that I give and I hope I will be able to give you such.”

“In our homes, we show each other love on a daily basis and we are here to extend the same love to you”

Chiwenga said she had come to give joy and hope to the inmates and expressed happiness that some of the inmates were pursuing education whilst incarcerated.

She gave away five brand new computers to be used by those pursuing qualifications so as to conduct their researches.

Among the donations were 100 cases of sanitary pads, 100 bags of mealie meal, sewing machines, boxes of soaps and six bales of clothes to be worn when the inmates finally get their freedom.

She also donated raw materials needed to make reusable sanitary pads as she said this will go a long way in alleviating the challenges of sanitary wear costs.

Mrs Chiwenga also compelled the female prisoners to take to heart the advice that they were given by the First Lady Mrs Auxilia Mnangagwa when she paid a Christmas visit to the same prison last year.

With Love from Barcelona – Jah Prayzah Sings with the Angels

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14/02/2018

With Love from Barcelona – Jah Prayzah Sings with the Angels

With Angel Lo, Jah Prayzah and the Grammy-winning reggae crooner Jah Cure has delivered the greatest Valentine gift to the world spectacularly on an immersive afrobeat beat like you’ve never heard before.

It’s the mushy definition of a love song that becomes all the more powerful for it.

It is as captivating as it is enthralling and what brings it to life so gloriously is that it has all the corny trappings of a by-the-numbers ballad to it: the swooning, arpeggiated opening, the crescendo and an epic orchestral feel, lyrics whose blatant emotional manipulation ought to fall right apart under scrutiny.

There’s real, undeniable hunger in Jah Prayzah’s luminous and raw vocal, the push and pull of the instrumentation is subtler than expected ( great job DJ Tamuka), and the words reveal layers where true fidelity fights to overcome lingering doubt.

And of special note is Jah Prayzah’s most unapologetically romantic slow-wedding dance, and of course, Sylent Nqo who co-wrote the song. He has definitely got a thing for love.

Overall, this is a love song with touches of sensuality sprinkled all over it. It is that kinda love song you wanna hear when you need some morale to set up a rendezvous with your crush and with this, now Jah has his feet in many worlds.

We don’t know what else he has in store for the year, but we are predicting that this song is going to end up on many “Best of…” lists at the end of the year.

Watch the video below

Watch Cde Chinotimba Jump into the Gulf in Dubai

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14/02/2018

Watch Cde Chinotimba Jump into the Gulf in Dubai

Zimbabwe’s most popular legislators Cde Chinotimba who was recently appointed as the country’s Happiness Ambassador took time to experience the gulf waters in Dubai.

Cde Joseph Chinotimba is at the World Government Summit of Happiness in Dubai.

Watch the video below

Download Link: NAMA 2018 Invitation to Media Accreditation

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13/02/2018

Download Link: NAMA 2018 Invitation to Media Accreditation

National Arts Council of Zimbabwe is calling on all media organisations to apply for the 17th Edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (NAMAs) media accreditation.

Accreditation closes 14 February and prospective applicants can download the form HERE

Vokal’s Tight Mission

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12/02/2018