BY TINASHE SIBANDA
The Eighth Edition of the Bulawayo Music Festival (BMF) will this year kick off on Wednesday at the Zimbabwe Academy of Music.

BY SILENCE CHARUMBIRA

For any Zimbabwean in the Diaspora, keeping a strong connection with friends and relatives back home is of paramount importance.

Godwin Muzari

My heart sank as I talked to recently crowned Miss Zimbabwe Bongani Dhlakama. It was a brief conversation yet so reflective and depressing.
As we conversed, I pitied the beautiful queen’s tale as she narrated her ambitions and expectations during her reign.

“We have our mother tongue, which is our native language.  We have mother earth from which all growing things come, and Mother Nature, the unpredictable source of typhoons and tornadoes.  The mother lode is the source of riches and a ‘mother headache’ is the one that sends you to bed.

BY OUR STAFF
Nigerian musician Flavour Nabania of the Sawale fame is expected in the country on May 24 for a show at Andy Millar Hall on May 25.

BY MELISSA MPOFU
Zimbabwean representatives in the Big Brother Stargame Maneta and Teclar Mazanhi will tonight know whether they will proceed with their stay in the Downville house or be passengers on the next flight back home.

It is very rare for a guy to make a pass at a woman he fancies using the following words; big snake, spots and the devil. Well, Roki is a unique kind of guy.

BY SILENCE CHARUMBIRA
After some years in hibernation, Dylan Wilson Max is back on the limelight with a new production, titled Of Mice and Men that was staged in Harare last week.

Silence Charumbira
The newly crowned Miss Zimbabwe, Bongani Dlakama (23), has vowed to do all she can to emulate the feat  achieved by her predecessor Malaika Mushandu.

DAILY MAIL

Jennifer Lopez proves she has no intention of slowing down with steamy new video featuring topless shots with new “tattoos”.

Godwin Mazara

He has had his fair share of controversy professionally and in private life. He has dazzled many with his talent and he has been caught on the wrong side of the law.

By  Heather R

“Ladies, as we are getting into winter, please may I kindly ask you to take jackets with you when you go out so that I don’t have to give up mine. If you are cold, chances are that I’m cold as well. Thank you in advance for your co-operation,” read my friend’s Facebook status.

Entertainment Reporter
Could music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi be facing a serious health problem? According to one of the rising self-proclaimed Pentecostal prophets, Ambassador Ishmael (real name Ishmael Mangwanya), people should pray for Tuku.

By Rosie Mitchell

It’s safe to say that if you had time for only one beach day in Cape Town, it would just have to be at Boulders, in Simon’s Town. First, the water’s just about a bearable temperature for swimming, when compared with the Atlantic side of Cape Town. Second, it’s very scenic with many attractive large boulders which also provide shelter from the chilling effects of wind, and third, it’s in a well-sheltered bay. Best of all, though you can swim and spend time with penguins!

by Helen Devmac
The creation of a beautiful home is not as difficult as many people would imagine, it begins with simplicity, order and cleanliness. Expensive furniture ornaments and ostentatious curtaining do not necessarily make a home beautiful. Our homes are important to us because not only do they reflect just who we are, most importantly, our homes are our sanctuaries, the places where we should be at peace, live, laugh, love and cry. A beautiful home must reflect all this, and have a lived in atmosphere, a home is not a shop window.

BY TAWANDA MARWIZI
Sulumani Chimbetu and his cousin have decided to settle their dispute over family songs, bringing an end to the Dendera war that had sparked criticism across the music industry.

BY OUR STAFF
The Book Cafe will host a cultural symposium between Wednesday and Friday this week.

Fireworks will illuminate the Harare sky on Tuesday evening to officially signal the beginning of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa).

Heather R

It is early but here nonetheless, winter that is. The one thing I like about our winters is that at some point in the day there will be some sunshine to bask in, not a lot, but some. I am glad that I live in a nation that does not snow in the winter. I detest feeling cold. 

BY SILENCE CHARUMBIRA
Upcoming sungura musician Romeo Gasa is a happy man after his record label Diamond Studios bought him a two bed-roomed flat valued at US$65 000 in the city centre.