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  • Twenty20 finals day as it happened 26 Jul 2008 21:56 GMT
    ... almighty smite from Kemp, but the South African just manages to get his bat back ... at the crease and apparently his favourite musical artist is Cliff Richard. Do You Wanna ... deep point. Top batting from the former Zimbabwe all-rounder. 12 overs : Essex 94-2 Tredwell ...

  • Taliep Petersen's children left pennyless 26 Jul 2008 20:31 GMT
    ... + 2 Buyekezwa Makwabe and Biénne Huisman Namibia’s taxman files R3.8m claim against the woman ... against the woman accused of murdering her musician husband Najwa Petersen will testify in court ... catch the story in pictures of South Africa’s most dramatic murder trial, go to ...

  • Namibia: Competition Winner to Take Stage By Storm 26 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... attraction is none other than the NBC/Sanlam Namibia Music Makers 2001 winner, Erich Mahua. The ... others to flourish. Erich made it to Botswana, Swaziland and few towns in South Africa, like Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, all with ...

  • Uganda: Nicolette Could Be East Africa's Idol 26 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... Africa must still be reeling from the aftershocks ... will agree that between our Nicolette and Zambia's Trinah, it was the latter that delivered ... by way of the viewer vote. The Zimbabwean has after all never been in the ...

  • Tuku cries foul over unpaid royalties 26 Jul 2008 01:38 GMT
    ... JOHANNESBURG. World music icon Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is crying foul ... the airplay of his music in South Africa. The great Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist, music composer and moviemaker alleges ...

  • What readers had to say about Chipanga 26 Jul 2008 01:38 GMT
    ... As a footballer he won the prestigious African Player of the Year Award. But when ... lyrics are a philosophical bomb, you are Zimbabwe’s own Aristotle. Compose more music, the world ... from politics. He should have crossed into Mozambique by 1977, given the proximity with Umtali ...

  • Competition Winner to Take Stage by Storm 25 Jul 2008 09:33 GMT
    ... attraction is none other than the NBC/Sanlam Namibia Music Makers 2001 winner, Erich Mahua. The ... others to flourish. Erich made it to Botswana, Swaziland and few towns in South Africa, like Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, all with ...

  • Film Notes: Forbes names Vaughn best in star payback 25 Jul 2008 07:00 GMT
    ... Edna, the light-footed laundress in the movie musical "Hairspray." The trade publication Variety reported yesterday ... heading to Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana and finishing at the most southern post of South Africa. "Long Way Down" is a follow-up to ...

  • Botswana: Hot Kwaito Hits the Shelves 25 Jul 2008 05:06 GMT
    ... is his introductory project to the ever-growing music industry as a solo artiste. Botswana, which is the second track in the ... though the Kwaito genre originates from South Africa, he has tried to localise it. Masheleng ...

  • Angola: Rapper Big Nelo to Release 7000 Copies of Latest Single 25 Jul 2008 05:06 GMT
    ... Angolan rapper Big Nelo announced this Wednesday in ... USD 13,00). Recorded and edited in South Africa, this work brings seven themes, in which the artist ... sings songs in "R&B", Rap and Soul music styles. In this album, Big Nelo portrays ...

  • Zimbabwe: Chabata - Country's Own Michael Jackson 25 Jul 2008 05:06 GMT
    ... ZIMBABWE has given birth to a sungura Michael ... would become his sole source of sustenance. Music groups began to notice him opening up ... With the group, Darlington has toured South Africa, the United Kingdom and Australia. And how ...

  • Culture Spears to Unleash New Hits 25 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
    ... have been concentrating on the bigger South African market." He revealed that they have taken ... that their music is equally popular in Lesotho. He added that they have grown tremendously ... of thesuccess, Kulenyane won them the Mascom Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) Song of the Year, ...

  • Hot Kwaito Hits the Shelves 25 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
    ... is his introductory project to the ever-growing music industry as a solo artiste. Botswana, which is the second track in the ... though the Kwaito genre originates from South Africa, he has tried to localise it. Masheleng ...

  • ARTS & MORE: 'Drumstruck'--hot show with a heartbeat 25 Jul 2008 02:55 GMT
    ... notice when you arrive at the South African drumming spectacular "Drumstruck" is a djembe drum ... concept of the show is to play music with audiences," said Richard Carter, a cast ... and one of the original inhabitants of southern Africa. The performers clap and sing, but ...

  • Nicolette could be East Africa's Idol 24 Jul 2008 22:57 GMT
    ... Africa must still be reeling from the aftershocks ... will agree that between our Nicolette and Zambia’s Trinah, it was the latter that delivered ... by way of the viewer vote. The Zimbabwean has after all never been in the ...


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