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Zimbabwe backtracks on fines for ordinary WhatsApp group admins
The government has clarified that WhatsApp group administrators who do not gather personal information from members for commercial purposes are exempt from obtaining a licence from the telecommunicati...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:40hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth chief bids for Zimbabwe readmission despite rights abuses
Zimbabwe could be readmitted to the Commonwealth – despite concern over its human rights record – following support from Baroness Scotland, the organisation's controversial Secretary-General....Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:27hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Sophie Mokoena's lack of subtlety in her bias is painfully obvious to anyone
If Sophie Mokoena is truly representative of the so-called "journalistic standards" at SABC, then it's no wonder people question the intellectual rigour of South African media as a whole. A wo...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1607 | by Dereck Goto
Where does the Wealth of Wicknell Chivhayo come from?
In Zimbabwe, the name Wicknell Chivhayo often makes headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. Known for his extravagant lifestyle and generous philanthropic gestures, Chivhayo has gained a reputation ...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 13:19hrs | 1570 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Innscor vs Rutendo Matinyarare takedown order judgement
Yesterday, we finally received the judgment from Judge Makume, following nine days of deliberations on Innscor's court application filed on August 20th, 2024, in which they sought a court order compel...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 17:54hrs | 1895 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
EXCLUSIVE: Munyaradzi Hwengwere appointed Patron of the Association of Mining Journalists in Zimbabwe
The Association of Mining Journalists in Zimbabwe (AMJZ) has appointed Munyaradzi Hwengwere as its new Patron. Hwengwere, a seasoned media and publications relations executive and a notable entreprene...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 20:27hrs | 346 | by Mandl Ndlovu
Chivayo leverages proximity to power to make a fortune
AS flamboyant Zimbabwean tycoon Wicknell Chivayo splurges money on an imposing mansion and donates cars to selected individuals weeks on end, while also making cash donations, questions abound as to w...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Self-styled mafia boss Francesco Marconati panics...threatens to sue media
In the wake of widespread media coverage exposing Francesco Marconati's alleged misdeeds across Zimbabwe, the self-styled Italian Mafia boss has resorted to legal threats in an attempt to suppress the...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 17:02hrs | 4 | by George Tshuma
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo seek to bar investigations
Journalists have rallied to support their colleagues facing threats from both the military and wealthy figure Wicknell Chivhayo over their investigative articles.Owen Gagare, News Editor at Ne...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe blocked Election Observer Mission from presenting final report in the country'
The European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has accused the government of impeding the presentation of its final report on the August 2023 election by imposing onerous restrictions on the de...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Journalist takes Zimbabwe's Judicial Service Commission to task
A Zimbabwean journalist employed by Alpha Media Holdings, Desmond Chingarande, has lodged a complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) regarding its newly introduced electronic system, the I...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jenfan Muswere's appointment breathes fresh energy into media landscape
The Ministry of Information, long hailed as the guardian of Zimbabwe's image on both the domestic and international fronts, is now poised for a significant transformation. President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 19:04hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZBC, CCC hostility laid bare
Public broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), has stressed that it remains objective and stands guided by the law of the land when it comes to coverage of next month's elections, pu...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC claims it is giving open and fair coverage to different political parties
Under fire state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) - which has since 1980 been a partisan Zanu-PF propaganda mouthpiece - claims it is giving open and fair coverage to different polit...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'Patriot Bill' threat to Zimbabwean journalists two months before elections
TWO months before presidential and parliamentary elections on 23 August, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Zimbabwe to abandon a proposed "sovereignty and national interest" law that poses a major...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
SADC loses iconic conservationist as WhatsApp gives hunting communities 'permanent' voice in the media
The director of Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE Association, Mr Charles Jonga's death on 6 May 2023, signaled SADC's loss of an important wildlife conservation voice in the media.In an interview this week f...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Why did Al Jazeera even bother about Zimbabwe looting?
AS I was walking in Kwekwe's central business district last Friday, I came across an avid reader of my articles, whom I know very well.He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposi...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What's there to say about 'Gold Mafia' if Zimbabweans can't stand up for themselves?
As I was walking in the Kwekwe CBD, this past Friday, I came across a loyal reader of my articles, whom I know very well. He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposing corruption...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:06hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Poor Pamela Tremont and Triple C: Politics without lawful issue
I have watched Pamela Tremont's hearing in preparation for her posting to Zimbabwe as US' next ambassador.Both the line of questioning by US Senators, as well as her responses, were, to say th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Jitters over Al Jazeera exposé telling
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, rarely has Zanu-PF and the said new dispensation been in jitters as they are now. Contrary to their characteristic obstinacy, they are un...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
What balance and fairness can one truly give a wicked cruel government?
As much there is always overwhelming acceptance and approval of my articles on social justice in Zimbabwe - now and again, there are, nonetheless, some who demand fairness and balance in my analysis....Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe harbours wanted Irish Mafia cartel boss
A ZIMBABWEAN businessman, Adam Lincoln Woodington Wood, has allegedly been harbouring and enabling the activities of the founder of an Irish mafia gang, Christopher Vincent Kinahan, who is on the want...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:33hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC throws Murehwa violence investigations into disarray
CCC leaders have surreptitiously spirited witnesses involved in the disturbing political violence that took place in Murehwa from their homes even before police have finished conducting crucial interv...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC preventing journalists from interviewing victims of brutality to expose perpetrators
While the Murehwa political violence case has been widely condemned by various voices - ironically including Zanu-PF - the opposition CCC is preventing journalists from interviewing victims of the bru...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Prosper Ndlovu bags top Sadc award
CHRONICLE Business Editor, Prosper Ndlovu, has scooped the first prize in the 2022 Sadc Media Awards Competition (print category) in recognition of outstanding journalistic work, which contributes to ...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahere adultery story factual, maintains Baba Jukwa in court papers
Journalist Edmund Kudzayi, who was once a suspect behind the Baba Jukwa character, has filed his plea response to a High Court application in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesp...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramapho$a Dollar Gate: The truth and the lie$
'Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots' - Ziad K. Abdelnour.I am not in the habit of arguing with idiots because I know they will drag me to their level and bea...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 18:44hrs | 10 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Zanu-PF blasts Newsday
The ruling Zanu-PF has blasted attempts by some fanatical private publications that have roped in known Government critic Norton Legislator Hon Temba Mliswa to undermine the name of the President....Published: 05 May 2022 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
When the West, opposition believe their own propaganda
Following the March 26, 2022, by-elections, the Western media and the opposition have been very childishly excited by the performance of the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.In the process, the West and...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
ZUJ urges journalists to be ethical
JOURNALISTS have been urged to be ethical and adhere to media laws when covering elections.In an election reporting webinar conducted by Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) last week, journali...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Media urged to shun hate speech
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) yesterday urged media practitioners to shun hate speech during coverage of political contestants ahead of the March 26 by-elections.Addressing delegates at ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curse of one step forward, two steps back
As the curtain comes down on the year, one cannot be blamed for being at sea as to the direction Zimbabwe is taking, considering the contrasting indicators of both progression and regression.O...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 6 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Mounting concerns over breach of ethical journalism
The names of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who gained international eminence as premier investigative journalists, following their investigation and exposure of th...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 17 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zimbabwean takes over as News24's Africa desk head
News24 has appointed seasoned journalist Lenin Ndebele to head up its Africa desk.Ndebele joins News24 from the Sunday Times, where he reported from and on Zimbabwe. He takes over from Lynsey ...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to extortion on maternal health services in council clinics
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) calls upon the Harare City Council to act decisively and stop harbouring and nurturing extortionist practices by health personnel in council clinics ag...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by ZUJ
Inside Zimbabwean tycoon Billy Rautenbach's offshore family trust
Records from a massive offshore data leak have provided the most detailed account yet of buccaneering mining and fuel magnate Billy Rautenbach's family empire.It started with a marriage settle...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Daily Maverick
Journalistic tenets lost to 'hits' and the quest for followers
One of the greatest problems currently confronting journalists on the Zimbabwean media landscape is the emergence of social media, with the attendant proliferation of platforms populated by content pr...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Chidavaenzi captures Mugabe's legacy in latest book
Title: Chasing The Wind ISBN: 978-0-7974-79594-6In November 2017, a "powerful wind" orchestrated by the military chased Zimbabwe's long-time ruler, the...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Fungayi Sox
Edgar Lungu's last words: Are you an African?
Journalist Simba Chikanza telephones Zambian government spokesperson to the President Edgar Lungu over the deployment of the Zambian army by the PF government during the counting of the ballot votes: ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 9 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Mnangagwa spooked by spectre of youth revolution'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba last week accused award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono (HC), who is also a stern critic of the government of sour grapes after his bid...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Journalism, a new form of activism!
A polarised political environment breeds microcosms across all other subsectors of the community.As the old truism would put it, "a fis...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 00:56hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena
ZUJ blasts Mliswa over threats against media
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has blasted the legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa for issuing threats against journalists and the media after the expose of his bitter fight with his estranged...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt to vaccinate 10 million Zimbabweans against Covid-19 virus for free, Mutsvangwa breathes fire
The minister of Information and Broadcasting services has rubbished the headlines by Newsday which suggests that the government does not know which vaccine to buy. In the article published by Newsday ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 11:10hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hopewell Chin'ono caught pens downs
Media freedom has been abused around the world over the past decade. In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist journalists have overseen concerted attempts to effect undemocra...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 17:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mliswa's estranged lover dangles sex tapes as lawmaker slams 'bitter slay queen'
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!That's the hard lesson Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa must be learning after his estranged lover Susan Mutami set Twitter ablaze this week, sen...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana and the Medical Assassins, Did he mean any harm?
The past few days social media was awash with the news of the Permanent Secretary of Information Ndavaningi Mangwana's statement on the Medical assassins. Many sort to accuse Nick for alleging that th...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 19:53hrs | | by Dr Masimba Masimba
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