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Kholwani Nyathi appointed new AMH group editor-in-chief
Privately-owned Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), whose chair is local publisher Trevor Ncube, has appointed one of the best editors in the country Kholwani Nyathi as its new group editor-in-chief. ...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 08:21hrs | 14 | 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 | 6 | by Jonathan Moyo
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF captures Zimbabwe's private media?
FORMER Education minister, David Coltart has accused the ruling party, Zanu-PF, and its leadership of infiltrating the country's privately-owned news outlets to muzzle dissent.A vociferous gov...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NewsDay editor resigns after Mnangagwa spokesman claims he is on payroll
A seemingly innocuous Twitter post by George Charamba, the president's spokesman, has ousted NewsDay editor Wisdom Mdzungairi.Mdzungairi, who doubled up as editor in chief of Alpha Media Holdi...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:04hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Don't criminalise fake news, says Misa NGO
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has called on regional governments to desist from criminalising fake news saying it hinders freedom of expression.Misa believes if fake news is cr...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes first journalist arrests under cybersecurity law
Zimbabwe's Press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."The pair wer...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
AMH editor, scribe arrested over Glen Forest Memorial Park saga
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) editor-in-chief, Wisdom Mdzungairi and senior reporter, Desmond Chingarande, arrested Wednesday over the publication of a story on the unfolding saga at the Glen Forest Memo...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa lacks Tsvangirai's courage'
EXILED minister Walter Mzembi says the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has a good chance of winning the 2023 polls, but its leadership lacks the courage of the late opposition supremo Morgan Tsvan...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare mayoress Masunda laid to rest
FORMER mayoress Fikile Patricia Faith Masunda (nee Phezulu) was laid to rest at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare today.Fikile was Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) editorial advisory board chairperson...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Let's mend Zimbabwe's battered image together, says Shava
FOREIGN Affairs minister Frederick Shava has rallied the media to play a critical role in the country's quest to improve its "battered image".In a first of its kind engagement between the Fore...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:51hrs | 14 | by Staff rpeorter
Media should be apolitical, says Trevor Ncube
THE media should not be aligned to political parties and it should serve the best interest of the country, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) chairman Trevor Ncube has said.Speaking at the Zimbabwe In...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt ready to open up airwaves'
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said government was ready to further open up the airwaves and ensure a democratic media which operated without fear of harassment.Mutsvangwa sa...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | 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
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Herald-Newsday fight escalates
The altercation between The Herald and Newsday newspapers escalated on Monday with Acting Herald Editor Tichaona Zindoga accusing his Newsday counterpart Mr Wisdom Mdzungairi of employing "subte...Published: 20 May 2019 at 12:20hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe flies out
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday made a stop-over in Harare from Singapore where he had gone for medical attention, but immediately left for Ghana early this morning.Mugabe, the only leader Z...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF government renews draconian laws against journalists, as NewsDay reporters get charged
ZIMBABWEAN authorities on Friday charged two NewsDay journalists with undermining authority of or insulting President Robert Mugabe, a day after the newspaper published an article over his health foll...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 21:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Journalists in trouble over Mugabe fresh health scare story
Journalists at the Alpha Media Holdings are in trouble over a story in which the paper reported that President Robert Mugabe was in a fresh health scare as he left the country to Singapore for medical...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 11:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
AMH makes key editorial appointments
Alpha Media Holdings has made key editorial appointments as it aligns its self with a new business model.Below is an internal memo sent to staff announcing changes. ...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 17:09hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Nguni behind Mugabe's debt slur
Civil society activist Mr Goodson Nguni has been fingered as the source behind a false NewsDay story that claimed that President Mugabe owed sacked former Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairman...Published: 27 May 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
NewsDay editor quits
NEWSDAY Editor Nevanji Madanhire has resigned from Alpha Media Holdings as part of 'the organisations restructuring exercise' Bulawayo24 News can reveal.Madanhire's reasons for quitting ar...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 17:34hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Climate change - a threat to Zimbabwe stability
For more than a decade I have been writing about climate change and its impact on communities in Zimbabwe with a special emphasis on the effects on rural communities.And I have realized ...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 07:57hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Suspicious break-in at Zimbabwe newspaper
New York, April 29, 2011-The Zimbabwe Republic Police should consider all possible leads, including a political motive, in investigating a break-in at the offices of leading independent daily NewsDay ...Published: 30 Apr 2011 at 06:56hrs | | by CPJ
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