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ZBC chief executive officer faces forensic investigation
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and its chief executive Adelaide Chikunguru are facing a forensic investigation amid allegations of financial mismanagement, poor corporate governance pract...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Expected to Correct Mistakes in Mini-Cabinet Reshuffle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that he will name the new resident minister for Harare Province, almost 6 months after appointing his cabinet.The ZANU PF First Secretary is also ex...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 20:41hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZBC protests against Mugabe interviewer's reinstatement
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has petitioned the High Court challenging the Labour Court's recent decision ordering the reinstatement of its suspended director of news and current affair...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC ordered to reinstate Mugabe interviewer
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been ordered to reinstate its head of News and Current Affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza with immediate effect pending the finalisation of the civil dispute be...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fingered in ZBC saga
Suspended ZBC head of news and current affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza's mounted after he wrote to Presidebnt Emmerson Mnangagwa reporting that his bosses were unfairly treating him. It has been revealed. ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 17:52hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lumumba saga: A 3rd ZANU PF faction emerges
Factional politics in ZANU PF have taken an ugly twist with reports that a new faction led by embattled War Veterans Leader Chris Mutsvangwa has emerged. Mutsvangwa wants to push General Constan...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZBC suspend managers after news bulletin glitch
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has sent two managers home over a technical hitch that saw a 30 minute delay in last Sunday news bulletin edition.The suspended managers are Informa...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:27hrs | 9 | by newzimbabwe.com
Fired ZBC bosses appeal to High Court
Two former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) executives, who were fired in 2015, have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel the State broadcaster to provide them with critical doc...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pambuka, Maziwisa's application for discharge dismissed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by television personality Oscar Pambuka and former Highfield West legislator Psychology Maziwisa (Zanu-PF), who are facing ch...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament summons ZBC board
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has been summoned to appear before Parliament next week to explain corporate governance failure at the national broadcaster after it turned out that one of its to...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe interviewer blocked out by State broadcaster
STATE broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has finally let go of senior executive Tazzen Mandizvidza, whom it accuses of improperly benefiting from allowances running into a million dol...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe interviewer suspended without pay
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has suspended without pay its head of news for failing to repay more than a million dollars he reportedly owes the state-owned broadcaster.Tazzen Ma...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe interviewer sued for $1m
A veteran interviewer of former president Robert Mugabe is being sued for $1m by his employer, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, state media reported on Monday.Tazzen Mandizvidza, ZBC's h...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC sues Tazzen Mandizvidza for $1m
ZBC head of news and current affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza has been slapped with a $1 million lawsuit over financial irregularities that plunged the State broadcaster into massive losses.Mandizvi...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charamba attacks ZBC for failure to live-stream Mnangagwa event
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba Wednesday harangued ZBC managers and journalists for failing to live up to competition which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of an election vi...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa survives frenzied London propaganda storm
MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa must be celebrating. For months now, Zanu-PF and its attack dogs have virtually ignored Chamisa until he gained the irresistible political momentum. It was so bad that the ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
3 ex-ZBC bosses to lose properties
THreE former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) top executives are set to lose their upmarket Harare properties which the national broadcaster claims were fraudulently acquired through bank loans...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time we tell Mugabe some home truths
Having worked with ex-President Robert Mugabe as editor of the Zanu-PF's publication, The People's Voice, for close to three years, I must admit that there was a time when I sincerely believed the man...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
ZBC rot exposed
The rot at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been exposed in a court application in which the national broadcaster's board is seeking nullification of hefty pay rises effected by the company...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'English was used to undermine Zimbabwe's native languages'
ENGLISH is a colonial language that was used to undermine the country's native languages and destroy the culture of Zimbabweans, Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Dr Chr...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe shows his age in barely-audible birthday interview
Eyes closed, frequently fumbling for the right word: this was President Robert Mugabe finally showing his 93 years.In a sunlit room at State House in Harare, Mugabe has given his usual lon...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I don't listen to prophets of doom,' says Mugabe
President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) turns 93 years old today. The following is Part One of the interview the President had with Tazzen Mandizvidza (TM) of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corportion ZBC....Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
LISTEN: Mugabe 92 birthday interview
Tazzen Mandizvidza (TM): Hello and welcome to the programme, "The President@92", this is a special programme in which we talk to the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe who turned 92 on the 21st of ...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Successor to be named only after Mugabe's death
President Robert Mugabe has once again made it clear that he has no plans to name a successor while he is still alive, also dismissing speculation that he plans to cede power to his powerful wife Grac...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'm going nowhere,' says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says he is still very much around and any discussion about succession is misplaced as he was given a mandate by the people of Zimbabwe that runs until 2018.He would not...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Grace is very mature and can cope with criticism, says Mugabe
Grace Mugabe is "very mature" and can cope with the criticism she's come in for since she entered Zimbabwean politics less than two years ago, her husband says.In an interview to mark his 92nd...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 20:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Office tightens screws on bigwigs
The Office of the President and Cabinet will monitor board members and senior executives at parastatals and State enterprises, and will examine their assets and business interests to ensur...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 00:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZBC reshuffles management
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has appointed an interim management to run the affairs of the national broadcaster and fill the vacant positions created by the recent dismissal of more than ...Published: 19 Aug 2015 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
More heads roll at ZBC
More heads reportedly rolled at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) yesterday with news bulletins manager John Gambanga and Jacob Phiri being shown the exit door 24 hours after the State b...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lifestyle audits for Zimbabwe's bigwigs
Board members and senior managers at parastatals and State-owned enterprises will be subjected to periodic lifestyle audits and those found with suspiciously burgeoning asset bases will be investigate...Published: 24 May 2015 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tazzen Mandizvidza bounces back at ZBC
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation boss Tazzen Mandizvidza has bounced back at the national broadcaster. Sources at ZBC said Mandizvidza started work on Monday.ZBC public relations officer Mr G...Published: 13 May 2015 at 06:52hrs | | by Abigail Mawonde
Ministry, ZBC sue Cuthbert Dube and five top managers
The Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, together with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, have filed a lawsuit demanding $58 million from the public broadcaster's former chair...Published: 26 Mar 2015 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Re-brand ZBC
Heads have begun to roll at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) after the suspension of acting chief executive officer Allan Chiweshe and general manager news and current affairs Tazzen Mandizvid...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC suspends Tazzen Mandizvidza and 3 managers
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has instituted disciplinary proceedings against suspended CEO Happison Muchechetere and four members of his top executive management on allegations of miscond...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's political comedy takes ZTV hostage
For the past two weeks, Zimbabweans watched free comedy live on the public television station, ZBC-TV as First Lady Grace Mugabe starred in the political drama, "Meet the People" that was shot in the ...Published: 20 Oct 2014 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No apologies for covering Grace Mugabe rallies,' says ZBC
ZBC has responded to queries raised by some publications over the national broadcaster's full coverage of Dr Grace Mugabe's rallies, saying it has no apologies for carrying out its mandate.ZBC...Published: 12 Oct 2014 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC workers suspended for not broadcasting Zanu-PF Politburo member's burial
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has suspended two employees over their failure to make a live broadcast of the burial of Zanu-PF Politburo member and national hero Dr Stanley Sakupwanya. ...Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 07:43hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
ZBC managers' re-assignment stopped
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Board has reversed with immediate effect the re-assignment of ZBC managers that was to be effected on April 1st 2014.In a statement, the chairperson of th...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Spokesperson at the centre of the rot at ZBC
The secretary for Information, George Charamba has been accused by suspended ZBC boss, Happison Muchechetere of being at the centre of the rot at the broadcaster. He said Charamba, among other th...Published: 29 Mar 2014 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I don't want to leave Zanu-PF in tatters,' says Mugabe
President Mugabe (PM) last week held a wide ranging interview with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's Tazzen Mandizvidza (TM) in which he spoke at length about various issues. The first par...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC to miss 2015 digitalisation deadline
STRUGGLING broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), will not be able to meet the international digitalisation deadline of 2015 if government does not avail funds, Parliament heard last we...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC likely to lose licensing arm
FINANCIAL problems at the cash-strapped Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) are set to worsen, amid revelations that the state broadcaster is likely to lose its licensing arm to the Broadcasting A...Published: 16 Feb 2014 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cuthbert Dube behind ZBC rot
Sacked ZBC Holdings board chairperson Cuthbert Dube was behind the rot at the national broadcaster, approving obscene salaries to top management at a time when the media house was tottering on the bri...Published: 10 Feb 2014 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Richard Chidza
ZBC's Tazzen Mandizvidza earned $27 000 monthly month
FRESH details of obscene salaries at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) have emerged with revelations that top lieutenants of suspended chief executive officer, Happison Muchechetere wer...Published: 09 Feb 2014 at 13:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZBC bosses used '400 ghost' workers
HARARE - Top executives at the scandal-ridden Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) allegedly used at least 400 ghost workers to fleece the loss-making parastatal of millions of dollars in salaries,...Published: 01 Jan 2014 at 12:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Radio DJs sacked for saying Mugabe is Malawian
Two DJs have been dismissed within a space of 2 weeks for alleging that President Mugabe was of Malawian origin.First to be dismissed was DJ Hazvinei Sakarombe who was both a radio and televis...Published: 10 Mar 2013 at 18:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZBC hailed for acquiring OB van
Members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Information, Publicity, Communication and Technology this Thursday toured ZBC's headquarters at Pockets Hill and hailed the national broadca...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkomo never suffered from gout as Mugabe said: Sibangilizwe Nkomo
In an interview with NewsDay on Wednesday the late Vice-President Joshua Muqabuko Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe, dismissed claims by President Robert Mugabe that the veteran nationalist ate too much meat...Published: 23 Feb 2012 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
We must unite and try to drive outsiders out of Zimbabwe - Mugabe
This is the last part of President Mugabe's interview with ZBC aired on Monday night.TM: Your Excellency, from there we take you to the state of the eco...Published: 22 Feb 2012 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC to cooperate with China Central Television CCTV on news resources
China Central Television (CCTV) is to cooperate with Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) on news resources.Representatives from the two sides signed a cooperation agreement Monday morning ...Published: 22 Nov 2011 at 17:21hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
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