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Foster Dongozi was not killed by Covid-19
It's now a year after the media industry was robbed of one of its experienced and prominent scribe, Foster Dongozi who reportedly died of Covid 19 complications. His demise came a few days after he ha...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 15:08hrs | 9 | by Shelton Muchena
Outpour of grief for top scribe Tutani
VETERAN Alpha Media Holdings journalist Conway Tutani has died. Tutani passed away on Monday afternoon at his Houghton Park home in Harare aged 67.His wife, Isabel, yesterday told NewsDay that...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Veteran journalist, Dongozi, to be honored.
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) divulged plans to honour the late veteran Journalist, rights advocate, environmentalist, friend rolled in one and immediate past secretary-general, Foster Vulin...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
Chideme calls it quits at ZUJ
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) president Michael Chideme has indicated that he is hanging his boots and will not contest in the forthcoming congress later this year.Chideme told journalists a...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Town clerk tests Covid positive
BULAWAYO town clerk Mr Christopher Dube has contracted Covid-19. Mr Dube tested Covid-19 positive on Monday but did not need to be admitted to hospital. Over 24 000 people have contracted the ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prominent rights activist Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo dies from Covid-19
Prominent civil society activist and human rights advocate Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo died from Covid-19 at a Gwanda hospital late Thursday.Fuzwayo was treasurer-general for the Crisis in Zimbabw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border chaos could fuel Covid-19 infections
Several truck drivers and other motorists have described as a nightmare, their experience at Beitbridge Border Post where they spent Christmas after getting stuck for days on the South African side of...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
A tribute to fallen journalists in 2020
December has definitely been the worst month of the year 2020, which has really turned out to be the annus horribilis for virtually all Zimbabweans, especially members of the proverbial fourth estate ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
Dongozi laid to rest
THE late veteran journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary general, Foster Dongozi, was laid to rest at his rural home in Sanyati yesterday, with mourners describing him as an inimi...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalists who had contact with Dongozi urged to test for COVID-19
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has urged all journalists and other media persons who interacted with late veteran scribe Foster Dongozi at a recent Gweru workshop to immediatel...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Central government at the epicentre of the challenges facing local authorities
IntroductionToday is Christmas day, the day we celebrate the birth of the Son of Man, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a day that is supposed to be a day of love, unity, togetherness and cel...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Dongozi died from Covid-19
THERE are strong indications late Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary general Foster Dongozi died of Covid-19.This comes after his media colleagues who were planning to travel to San...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
GoFundMe Funeral Fundraiser for Foster Dongozi
A fundraising appeal has been launched for the funeral of veteran journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary-general Foster Dongozi who died Wednesday after experiencing respira...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Late Dongozi's family fumes at media
LATE veteran journalist and union leader Foster Dongozi's family is up in arms with local media for splashing news about their departed colleague's death when the family was still in the dark about th...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists SG dies
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists secretary-general and veteran journalist Foster Dongozi has died.Dongozi who is reported to have been suffering from a heart problem over a long period of time pa...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
NewsDay senior reporter dies
NEWSDAY senior court reporter Charles Laiton has died. He was 48.Laiton, who is survived by his wife and five children, passed on yesterday mid-morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospita...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police targets Mnangagwa critics
THE Zimbabwe Re-public Police (ZRP) yesterday threatened to clamp down on social media users who "cyber-bully" government officials, which critics say is meant to muzzle critics of President Emmerson ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
6 Zanu-PF linked TV stations get licences
Six new free-to-air private television stations will go live in Zimbabwe within the next 18 months, joining ZBCTV, after the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) yesterday issued licences, ending ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:15hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police summon NewsDay scribe over expose
POLICE in Karoi have allegedly invited NewsDay correspondent Nhau Mangirazi for interrogation over a story that exposed their colleague who, in the company of Zanu-PF youths in the area, raided shopow...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba called to order
STAKEHOLDERS in the media industry yesterday warned government against threatening media organisations and interfering in editorial policies of independent newspapers as it posed serious danger to Pre...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs minister declines to comment on police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema yesterday flew into a rage after being taken to task over police brutality in crushing last week's shutdown protests, and declared he would not grant interviews to t...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira trial kicks off today
Journalists say they will be following with keen interest the trial of former Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira, who is facing charges of abuse of office.Th...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police harass senior Masvingo journalist
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, would like to condemn police details in Masvingo, south east of Zimbabwe after they confiscated a press card belonging to the Union's First Vice Pre...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
A journalist's horror encounter with Mukupe
My horror encounter with Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe on Thursday May 24, will remain etched in my mind forever.Early in the day a colleague at Spot FM, Chamunorwa Murava, invited m...Published: 26 May 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by Blessed Mhlanga
Zimbabwe among most dangerous places for journalists - RSF
ZIMBABWE has one of the most hostile environments for journalists in the world, a report by respected media rights watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has revealed.Out of 180 countries ...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZUJ condemns abuse of journalists
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) registered concern following the hate speech and abuse directed at two journalists by the leadership of the MDC and some rowdy youths.ZUJ said the attacks a...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZUJ express dismay over hate speech and abuse of journalists by MDC-T
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, would like to register its alarm and concern following the hate speech and abuse directed at two journalists by the leadership of the Movement for Democratic Ch...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
An encounter with Grace Mugabe
The year was 1997 and the setting was the foyer of the world famous Ritz Hotel in Paris, France.Zimbabwean government officials, diplomats and the media were lounging in the vast and opulent l...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:26hrs | | by Foster Dongozi
Grace Mugabe 'used underwear' reporter granted bail
MUTARE-based NewsDay reporter, Kenneth Nyangani was yesterday granted $200 bail and remanded to October 18 in a matter, where he is accused of criminal nuisance after writing a story in which First La...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's govt presses panic button
Feeling the heat of the country's worsening economic crisis, the government has pressed the panic button — threatening a savage clampdown on the media and pro-democracy groups in its desperate bid t...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 14:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZUJ to launch training for students journalist on safety and security
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) will soon be launching training workshops for student journalists on safety and security.ZUJ Secretary General, Foster Dongozi said this during a presen...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Police interrogates NewsDay journalists over story
Police details from the Law and Order Section of the ZRP, today interrogated the editor of NewsDay, Wisdom Mdzungairi and journalist Everson Mushava.The questioning was in connection with a st...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 18:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's police summon journalists
POLICE on Friday summoned leaders of local media lobby organisations, claiming they wanted to understand how journalists operate amid fears they are preparing for a crackdown against independe...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA hosts media workshop
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority hosted a media workshop on 1 March 2017 which was attended by about 50 media practitioners from both private and public media. The workshop, which wa...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ Commemorates World Radio Day
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Radio Day.The Union joins forces with local broadcasters, organizations and communities in...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ to host SADC summit on climate reporting
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, will this week host a Southern Africa regional summit on climate change reporting in Harare.The union said it is being held in collaboration with the In...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Red Rose to crown Njama awards winners
ZUJ-NJAMA nominees for this year's awards and members of the secretariat will have their hair attended to by Red Rose Salon in Harare for free.ZUJ secretary general Foster Dongozi said nominee...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 18:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Excitement builds up on Njama awards
Excitement is building up ahead of this year's ZUJ National Journalism and Media Awards, NJAMA after the Union confirmed that Star FM's radio personalities, Iyati and Napoleon Nyanhi would host this y...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 09:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa to grace this year journalists award
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists has announced that Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa will be the Guest of Honour at this year's Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ Awards...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 14:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Anti-bond notes demo turns bloody
SEVERAL people were injured yesterday, among them journalists and innocent passers-by, as police used brute force to crush a peaceful anti-bond notes demonstration in Harare's central business dis...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalists hailed for supporting the attacked colleague Tafirenyika
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has hailed journalists from across the media divide for standing up in solidarity and support for their colleague, Mugove Tafirenyika of The Daily News who came...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZUJ condemns attack on Journalist Tafirenyika
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, (ZUJ) has condemned strongly the attacks made on Mugove Tafirenyika, a journalist with The Daily News while covering a war veterans solidarity march at Zanu PF headq...Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ SG hands letter of introduction to African Capacity Building Foundation
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, Secretary General, Foster Dongozi who is also Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) Steering Committee member has han...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Veteran journalist dies - full report
VETERAN journalist and former Zimbabwe Union of Journalist (Zuj) president Dumisani Sibanda was yesterday found dead at his home in Bulawayo in what police described as a case of sudden death....Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
End Harassment and Intimidation of Journalists-- IFJ
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), in demanding immediate government action to protect journalists who are facing an epidem...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ calls for govt to protect journos
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has called on the government to protect journalists who have fallen victim to an epidemic of arrests and detentions primarily at the hands of the Police....Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Freelance reporter Jemwa briefly held by suspected security agents
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists has announced that unidentified people dressed in civilian clothes briefly held Freelance Journalist, James Jemwa on Monday afternoon while he was filming outside a b...Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ member launches picture and art exhibition
Photojournalist and ZUJ member, Darius Mutamba on Wednesday launched a picture and art exhibition at the KooVah Gallery in Harare.Mutamba is the son of prominent journalist Shepherd.ZU...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ to receive first block of residential plots
Members of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, are expected to start receiving residential plots which were promised to the Union by LocalGovernment and National Housing Minister, Saviour Kasu...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZUJ elected into African body for Journalists
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, through its Secretary General, Foster Dongozi has been elected into the Steering Committee of The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ). Th...Published: 10 May 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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