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Zimbabwe election stakeholders fret over biased media
ELECTION stakeholders have red-flagged biased media coverage against female politicians, saying journalists should promote fair coverage for both genders as the country edges closer to the August 23 g...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Peace expert exhorts journalists to responsible reporting
The media can radicalise or unite the country and journalists should embrace peace reporting in their work to unite, rather than divide people.Speaking during a workshop to train journalists o...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwean journalists are safe insists Mutsvangwa despite attacks at political rallies
GOVERNMENT says Zimbabwean journalists are safe despite glaring evidence involving the assault of media practitioners at political rallies and gatherings.Of late, Zimbabwe has witnessed a resu...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Community radios warned not to be used by politicians
COMMUNITY radio stations must not be used by political parties as their conduits of information as this will bring division rather than social cohesion. Those found doing so will have the...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec flags up State media bias
OutGOING Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) spokesperson Joyce Kazembe has decried partisan coverage of the March 26 by-elections by the State media.Kazembe called on the public media to ensu...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth, women and vulnerable continue to be marginalised in media
Media Monitors of Zimbabwe has urged media houses to include marginalised communities and the Vulnerable communities in news reporting citing that the groups continue to be side-lined in Covid-19 issu...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Polad members demand equal access to media
ZIMBABWE'S fringe political parties have bemoaned unequal media coverage during elections, saying this had dented the country's democracy records and must not happen during the forthcoming 2023 electi...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife interfered with The Herald Editor's job
FORMER Herald Editor, Tichaona Zindoga has opened up on his tough experience when he was at the helm of the state controlled daily where he claims First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa constantly interfered w...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZBC, Zimpapers ordered to cover political parties equitably
Zanu-PF enjoys disproportionate coverage in Zimbabwe's state media in breach of the constitution, the Masvingo High Court has ruled in a landmark judgment.The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
Patience Zirima travelled to London
Patience Zirima of Media Monitors (Zimbabwe) travelled to London to attend the Global Conference for Media Freedom on July 10 and 11. Here she reflects on what she'll take home from the event, which w...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:40hrs | 1 | by Patience Zirima
Zimbabwe blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news
Zimbabwe has once been described as a country blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news since the beginning of a "new dispensation" following the largely unexpected or seemingly impossible removal of forme...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 18 | by John Masuku
Access to information, media freedom in the digital age
THE right to information and media freedom are critical components of freedom of expression. Freedom of expression, as defined by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is the "right...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 6 | by Patience Zirima
Independent media aids plurality of voices, says Mutodi
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi has said the government appreciates the role played by independent media and called for multiplicity of voices if the country...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media remain polarised, unbalanced
Despite the ethical and legal obligation to be impartial in their coverage of electoral processes, the media in Zimbabwe remain polarised and unbalanced in their electoral coverage and reportage, medi...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 16:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Elections: Six make-or-break issues
With the recent announcement of July 30 2018 as the election date, Zimbabwe is less than two months away from crucial polls that are expected to restore political legitimacy following the military-led...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 17:27hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Red flags ahead of July 30 elections
THE campaign season is already in full-swing and judging from what is happening from the terraces it seems the electoral playingfield has shifted from being "very" uneven to being relatively "even", a...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Admire Mare
Need for media to give equal coverage to all +110 political parties
Media Monitors, an organisation focusing on assessing the work of the media through media monitoring, research and knowledge management, says there is need for the local media to give equal coverage t...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Three media monitors arrested in Zimbabwe for an illegal gathering
Harare - An independent media monitoring group says police arrested three of its officials after a civic education meeting in Gwanda that police called an illegal political gathering.The Media...Published: 06 Dec 2011 at 08:00hrs | 16 | by AP
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