Elliot Kazembe Phiri now uses his instincts to strum a guitar after losing eyesight. Image by The Citizen Bulletin

BY NGQWELE DUBE | @rasmthembo | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 7, 2022

Playing the lead guitar has become second nature for Phiri, and losing eyesight has not stopped him from taking up the instrument to entertain his audience.

Matabeleland artists need to have management skills to enhance their ability to grow their businesses. Image by Gallery Fuel

BY THABANI H. MOYO | @thabanih | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | FEB 19, 2022

The creative industries — which include advertising, architecture, arts and crafts, design, fashion, film, video, photography, music, performing arts, publishing among others — are the lifeblood of the creative economy.

Private Voluntary Organisations bill is a strategy to infiltrate independent organisations with the aim of diluting their purpose.

BY THABANI H. MOYO | @thabaih | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | FEB 7, 2022

The gazetted Private Voluntary Organisation bill 2021 approved by the Zimbabwean cabinet has generated a lot of debate — with some pointing it as having unfair and detrimental effects on the creative arts sector while others support it as the government's efforts in infrastructure and human development.