Zimbabwe: Award-Winning Novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga Rubbishes Plagiarism Claims By UK Author
[New Zimbabwe] RENOWNED author, Tsitsi Dangarembga has dismissed “absurd” claims by United Kingdom-based writer Masimba Mukichi, who accused her of plagiarising his work in her award-winning novel, Nervous Conditions.
South Africa: South Africa’s 2wo Bunnies to Headline Vault Lounge’s 3rd Anniversary
[Nile Post] Vault Lounge, known for its high energy theme parties, will be celebrating three years on the Ugandan entertainment scene this Saturday.
Zimbabwe: Daisy Mtukudzi Involved in an Accident
[The Herald] Daisy Mtukudzi was involved in an accident at the Warren Park roundabout on Thursday morning.
Namibia: Namibia’s Art Scene Has Been Built By Unsung Heroes – Like Queer Artist Jo Rogge
[The Conversation Africa] A week after the opening of their solo exhibition So She Was Turned To a Pillar of Salt at The Project Room in Windhoek, Jo Rogge also facilitated a workshop for aspiring female artists at the gallery. Squeezing in a workshop …
Angola: Actress Helena Palma Augusto Dies
[ANGOP] Luanda — Angolan actress Helena Palma Augusto passed away, in the early hours of Wednesday, in Luanda, victim of a cardiac arrest.
Zimbabwe: Daisy Mtukudzi Wrecks Chivayo’s Top-of-the-Range Gift
[New Zimbabwe] LATE musician Oliver Mtukudzi’s widow, Daisy, has wrecked the 2024 Toyota Fortuner gifted to her by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo just a week ago.
Zimbabwe: Moyo, Mlalazi Shine At Nigerian Gospel Awards
[The Herald] Tafadzwa Zimoyo — Zimbabwean music was put on the map last weekend in Nigeria when two gospel giants Dorcas Moyo and Everton Mlalazi scooped prestigious awards.
Zimbabwe: Chief Nechombo Cheers Up Senior Citizens
[The Herald] Victor Maphosa — It was all joy at the Chief Nechombo Cultural Centre in Makaha, Mudzi district, when hundreds of elderly people received gifts during the LC Nechombo Old People’s Day commemorations held at the weekend.
Namibia: Ovaherero Community Urges Action Against Desecration of Ancestral Graves At Swakopmund Heritage Site
[Namibian] The Ovaherero community is concerned about the continued desecration of ancestral graves at a heritage site at Swakopmund.
Africa: Destruction of Libraries and Archives Is a Form of Book-Burning and Erasing History and Memory
[Daily Maverick] Libraries are not merely places that keep books by George Eliot, Charles Dickens or Joseph Conrad: they are repositories of written records of South African society over centuries – and over the past three decades.