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BAZ warns podcasters after DJ Ollah7's interview
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has issued a stern warning to internet-based broadcasters, urging them to comply with national broadcasting laws following a wave of public outrage over an...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:33hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
BAZ cracks down on irresponsible online content
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has issued a stern warning against the rising trend of internet-based broadcasting of content that violates the country's broadcasting regulations and stan...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:53hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Sophie Mokoena bids farewell to SABC
Veteran journalist and international news editor Sophie Mokoena is leaving the SABC after an illustrious 31-year career, marking the end of an era at South Africa's public broadcaster. The announcemen...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 19:33hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice warns DStv customers
MultiChoice Zimbabwe has issued a strong warning to DStv customers over a new scam involving fraudsters posing as company representatives and visiting homes to trick people into revealing personal inf...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:13hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must boycott vehicle licence renewals
Zimbabweans are no strangers to economic hardship, but the recent enforcement of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act of 2025 marks a new low in government overreach - and it d...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 22:02hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Zinara starts enforcing radio licence requirement
The controversial Broadcasting Services Amendment Act of 2025 has officially come into effect and is now being enforced by the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (ZINARA), sparking ...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:57hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's AMH charged for 'insulting' Mnangagwa
A week after the arrest of Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba, the Zimbabwean government has escalated its legal crackdown on independent media by charging the newspaper's parent company, Alpha Me...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 19:15hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
There's nothing visionary about a president who only acts after public pressure
It is hardly praiseworthy for a father to feed his family only after their cries of hunger grow too loud to ignore.I was watching a news report on the state broadcaster this evening, and by th...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 11:05hrs | 332 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman gets rewarded for being lost at Trabablas Interchange
Patience Guni, the Harare woman who recently went viral after sharing her confusing experience navigating the newly constructed Trabablas Interchange, has been generously rewarded by the contractor re...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:19hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fires stinging rebuke at gogo Helen's DA
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will "not yield to threats and ultimatums" in a stinging rebuke to the second biggest party in his coalition government.Ramaphosa drew the Democ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 16:35hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Uganda's long-serving Museveni to seek reelection
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will seek reelection for another term in polls due early next year to extend his nearly four-decade rule, according to a senior official from the ruling party....Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:38hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema goes to SA court in a bid to have Lungu's corpse
The Zambian government has filed an urgent case in a South African court seeking to stop the burial of former President Edgar Lungu, state media reports.This is the latest twist in a row betwe...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:46hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Legendary broadcaster Phumlani Msibi dies at 57
The South African sporting fraternity is mourning the death of legendary football and boxing commentator Phumlani Msibi, who passed away on Friday at the age of 57 following a short illness.Bo...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 10:02hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Muswere appoints ZBC board
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Jenfan Muswere has officially appointed the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board, more than a year after several members began servin...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:05hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Poised to Introduce VAR Technology in PSL
In a landmark development set to transform Zimbabwean football, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is moving swiftly to introduce Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology to the Premier Soccer L...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:52hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Mandatory radio licence risks fuelling Zimbabwe corruption
The recently enacted Broadcasting Services Amendment Act No. 2 of 2025, which makes it mandatory for all motorists to pay for a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) radio licence before renewing ve...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for repeal of outdated car radio licence law
Former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has called on the Zimbabwean government to scrap the car radio licence law he helped introduce in 2001, describing it as outdated in the face of rap...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
SABC pulls plug on iconic Venda soapie
South Africa's national broadcaster, the SABC, has announced the end of Muvhango, one of its longest-running and culturally significant television dramas, after nearly three decades on air.The...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 15:28hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
The new Broadcasting Services Amendment Act: A legal analysis
The Broadcasting Services Amendment Act No.2, 2025 (Hereinafter referred to as the Act/ Amendment Act) represents a significant shift in Zimbabwe's media regulation landscape. Promulgated as part of b...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:06hrs | 332 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
How a legal loophole can help motorists outsmart the ZBC car radio licence requirement
This is quite interesting.There's a loophole in the new Broadcasting Services Amendment Act - and it may be the only legal shield Zimbabwean motorists have.While much of the public out...Published: 30 May 2025 at 22:28hrs | 2097 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Former ZBC employee still waiting for pension after retrenchment
A former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) employee is making a desperate appeal for justice - ten years after being retrenched by the national broadcaster without receiving his pension....Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:49hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Objection to recently imposed US$92 radio licence fee
HIS Excellency, The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, Office of the President and Cabinet, Munhumutapa Building, Harare, Zimbabwe.Your Excellency Sir,...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:24hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa slams new broadcasting Act
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has strongly criticised the recently enacted Broadcasting Services Amendment Act, which mandates every motorist to obtain a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) TV ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:35hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vehicle insurance now tied to propaganda licence
Zimbabwe has officially ushered in a new era in media regulation with the gazetting of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (No. 2 of 2025), following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's assent. The law...Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:39hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Why were Zimbabweans left behind 45 years after independence, in the first place?
There's always something telling - yet deeply disturbing - about the mantras repeated by the Zimbabwean government.Yesterday, I watched a report on the state-controlled broadcaster in which th...Published: 24 May 2025 at 23:30hrs | 1377 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
DStv Zimbabwe hikes price
DStv subscribers in Zimbabwe will see slight increases in their subscription fees beginning June 1, 2025, following an official price adjustment announced by MultiChoice Zimbabwe.In a notice r...Published: 21 May 2025 at 12:38hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Veteran ZBC broadcaster dies
Veteran Zimbabwean news reader and respected academic Joseph Madhimba has died in Namibia, marking the end of a distinguished career that spanned journalism, broadcasting, and education.Madhim...Published: 21 May 2025 at 10:27hrs | 2818 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a reset through an NTA to prepare for democratic transition
Zimbabwe is teetering on the brink. We are witnessing a nation sliding further into economic despair, political illegitimacy, and social disintegration. The alarm bells are ringing lou...Published: 18 May 2025 at 17:46hrs | 452 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZBC to launch another propaganda radio station
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is preparing to launch a new heritage-based educational radio station in Bulawayo, marking a major milestone in the national broadcaster's expansion and its...Published: 02 May 2025 at 07:58hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans plead with Chivayo to assist ailing Rahman Gumbo's widow
A wave of sympathy and support is sweeping across social media platforms in Zimbabwe following news that Virginia Sibanda, the widow of legendary Warriors midfielder and Highlanders FC coach Rahman Gu...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:34hrs | 2951 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's GNU at risk after parliament backs budget
South Africa's parliament approved a key piece of budget legislation despite objections from the second-biggest party in the coalition government, raising the risk of the alliance unravelling....Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 07:57hrs | 267 | by Staff reported
Senate passes Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill
The Senate has passed the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill, moving the legislation one step closer to becoming law as it now awaits transmission to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for his assent. The...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:45hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
The closure of VoA Studio 7 is a victory for tyranny in Zimbabwe!
The oppressed people of Zimbabwe have lost another voice! The closure of the Voice of America (VoA), particularly its Zimbabwe-focused service Studio 7, marks a dark and devastating chapter fo...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:00hrs | 1095 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
70,000 Afrikaners seeking relocation to US
At the time, chamber president, Neil Diamond, said the inquiries were from people who wanted to relocate to the US with their families. This week, Diamond has travelled to South Africa with hi...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 11:39hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
South Africans in danger of losing access to SABC
If South Africa follows through with the 31 March analogue switch-off deadline, a date being challenged in court today, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) risks losing a quarter of its ...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 20:45hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Voice of America dismantled over propaganda claims
US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back federally funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being "anti-Trump" and "radical".A White House statement said th...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 10:15hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
ZBC faces backlash for airing Wicknell Chivayo's lobola ceremony
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is facing severe criticism after it aired the lavish lobola ceremony of businessman Wicknell Chivayo and Lulu Muteke, sparking a public outcry across the co...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:50hrs | 18908 | by Staff reporter
MP compares Zimbabwe's proposed radio licence fee to HIV infection
Matabeleland South proportional representation legislator Sibongile Maphosa has strongly criticized the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill, which requires motorists to pay for radio licences when re...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Broadcasting Services Bill sparks debate
The Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill sparked significant debate in the National Assembly before its passage in the House on Tuesday, particularly regarding its provision requiring motorists to acq...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:58hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe broadcasters must cover local, African sport
The Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill ignited significant debate in the National Assembly before its passage on Tuesday, particularly over its provision requiring motorists to obtain a Zimbabwe Bro...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:54hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
ZINEF condemns arrest and detention of Blessed Mhlanga
The Zimbabwe National Editor's Forum (ZINEF) has strongly condemned the arrest and detention of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist and HStv presenter Blessed Mhlanga, describing it as an attack on ...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 19:47hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Trump's Afrikaners refugees will not lose South African citizenship
Trump signed an Executive Order on February 7, 2025, titled "Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa", granting Afrikaners refugee status and facilitating their resettlement in th...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 10:56hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Musk calls for shut down Voice of America, Radio Free Europe
United States billionaire Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, has called for the shutdown of U.S. government-funded propaganda machines Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Voi...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 14:42hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Rampant cable theft threatens lives at Mpilo Central hospital
Rampant theft and vandalism of electricity cables supplying power to Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have raised serious concerns, putting patients' lives at risk and placing immense strain on the ...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:49hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to expel Geza over 'treasonous' attacks on Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial executive has called for the expulsion of outspoken war veteran and central committee member, Blessed Runesu Geza, following his scathing attacks on President E...Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 16:49hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zvikomborero Sibanda dies
Veteran media personality and former ZBCtv news anchor Zvikomborero Sibanda has passed away.Family members confirmed that Sibanda, who had been battling an illness for some time, died in Bulaw...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 21:15hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya fails to produce O' levels proof
Controversial self-proclaimed prophet and football club owner Walter Magaya has failed in his court bid to halt the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidential elections, scheduled for January 2...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 05:41hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold shaft collapse kills seven people
Police in Zimbabwe said on Monday that seven artisanal miners were killed in a disused gold shaft when it collapsed at the weekend.Few details were given on the circumstances of the collapse o...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:54hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
SA govt allowing undocumented aliens' children in schools
The South African government has been commended for resisting calls to remove undocumented migrant children from schools, despite recent pressures from locals and opposition politicians advocating for...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:37hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
'Flush out illegal Zimbabwean immigrants' children from our schools'
South African opposition leader Herman Mashaba has sharply criticized his government's decision to permit children of undocumented foreigners, including Zimbabweans, to enroll in public schools for th...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 11:52hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
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