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VMCZ wants control over online media houses?
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) has raised concerns about the growing number of complaints against unregistered online media outlets operating within the country. In a recent st...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:06hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Messenger of court abuses office
Kwekwe Messenger of Court continues to steal the limelight as he now stands accused of abuse of office for corrupt ends.Mr Energy Pedzera, Kwekwe Messenger of Court, is this time accused of de...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:19hrs | 12 | by Desmond Nleya
Police caution politicians over hate speech ahead of 2023 polls
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has cautioned politicians against using inflammatory language or hate speech that incite violence and polarize the country ahead of the 2023 elections, The Standard ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a predator of press freedom
When Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party which he christened the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), many people had expectations that there would be a paradigm shift from the MDC, where the ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Urban home-seekers invade rural area land
The rising cost of land in urban centres such as Harare has pushed desperate home seekers to invade adjacent rural areas, which are now experiencing increasing pressure on demand for social services....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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 | 15 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zimbabweans paying more than necessary for Covid tests
ZIMBABWEANS are forking out way above what should be logically reasonable, up to over 100% more than their neighbouring South Africans for similar Covid-19 tests.Laboratories and some private ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:51hrs | | by staff reportr
Covid-19 procurement scandal revealed
ZIMBABWE was prejudiced of millions of united States dollars as a result of irregular procurement transactions around Covid-19 materials, with sharp scrutiny centred on tenders awarded to Young Health...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Free Press still elusive, says VMCZ
MEDIA lobby organisation, Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) yesterday said a continued media violations in the country was a sign that a free press was still far from being achieved.V...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
VMCZ mourns Innocent Kurwa
Statement on the passing on of VMCZ Provincial Adjudication Committee member- Mr Innocent KurwaIt is with profound sadness and pain that the Voluntary M...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 12:51hrs | | by VMCZ
Mutsvangwa fights to open Zimbabwe airwaves more
THE government said yesterday that it planned to open up the country's airwaves further by issuing more television and radio licences to independent players.Speaking during a well-supported Da...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
VMCZ trains scribes on investigative journalism
VOLUNTARY Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) executive director, Loughty Dube has called on media houses to set aside adequate budgets to facilitate in-depth investigations by journalists within their s...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
A tribute to fallen journalists in 2020
December has definitely been the worst month of the year 2020, which has really turned out to be the annus horribilis for virtually all Zimbabweans, especially members of the proverbial fourth estate ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
Media organisations cry foul over television licensing
LOCAL media organisations yesterday cried foul over the granting of television licenses to six entities linked to the ruling Zanu-PF party and government.The Broadcasting Association of Zimbab...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
VMCZ intervenes in Skyz Metro FM, Cal Vin beef
ZIMBABWE rapper Cal Vin and Skyz Metro FM seem to have buried their differences after the intervention of the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) who sat the two down this week, with both parti...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's former advisor speaks out
Former President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former Petinah Gappah has taken Newsday journalist to the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe over a story that he published about Gappah's resignation from Mnang...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 20:51hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Parliament demands Zimpapers overhaul
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Prince Dubeko Sibanda (MDC Alliance) yesterday called for the revival of the Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust (ZMMT) to stop government interfer...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 10 | by John Masuku
Trevor Ncube's newspaper reported
Zimbabwe Election Commission Spokesperson Dr Qhubani Moyo has reported Trevor Ncube's The Standard newspaper to the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe over a story that appeared on Sunday alleging th...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 14:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Noyo exposes Madhuku, Madhuku exposes Jonathan Moyo
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, who turns 62 yesterday, may have had a birthday he would want to quickly forget after Professor Lovemore Madhuku exposed him for stretching...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reports ZBC
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has filed complaints with the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) over ZBC and Zimpapers' "biased, false and defamatory" coverage ahead of tomorrow's electio...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:22hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Female politicians target of social media attacks
SOCIAL media attacks on political opponents have become the new form of abuse due to global technological advancements, with female politicians becoming the worst affected.A study by the Unite...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Access to Information vital come Elections 2018
In a one day learning meeting held at Meikles hotel in Harare on Wednesday, hosted by Hivos for its partners and friends, it was commonly agreed that social media should be firmly embraced as it is no...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 19:35hrs | | by Anwell Bepe - Patsaka Correspondent
ZBC unlikely to reform ahead of 2018 elections
As the 2018 watershed elections loom in the country, public broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) which enjoys a monopoly on the local airwaves has come under the spotlight as opposition...Published: 15 May 2017 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
VMCZ working on media regulation framework
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) has said as part of its Advocacy and Lobby Policy is working with various partners in the media industry in comi...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Muchadehama tells investigative journalists to be brave
Prominent human rights lawyer who is also the chairman of the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ), Alec Muchadehama has called upon investigative journalists to be brave as their work will some...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mandiwanzira's social media censorship must be challenged- analyst Ngwenya
A political commentator Rejoice Ngwenya has called on the media representing organisations to gang up and challenge the move by government through the Minister of Information Technology Supa Mandiwanz...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 06:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gweru Times Editor has died
The Gweru Times Editor Vincent Rangwe has died.This was announced by the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) which said it learnt with shock and sadness on the passing on...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 15:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cartoon an 'insult to women, Ndebele people'
A CARTOON depicting two scantily dressed young women engaged in a conversation suggesting that for young girls in Matabeleland and Midlands, prostituting one's body is an alternative to education ...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Khanyile Mlotshwa
Journalist should unite against threats
JOURNALISTS have been challenged to unite in the wake of threats of arrests of more media practitioners, with government reportedly angling to create a case around the lack of ethical practices to jus...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Geoff Nyarota distorting facts'
Media self-regulation is a valuable model in pursuit of press freedom, professionalism and healthy interaction between journalists and consumers of news and information.The Voluntary Media Cou...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 10:11hrs | | by Loughty Dube
'Mnangagwa this, Grace Mugabe that' will not help us
BULAWAYO Residents have blasted the media for failing to cover developmental issues, focusing more on politics and political figures sidelining economic and developmental issues that affect day to day...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 16:27hrs | | by Walter Dlamini
Daily News in trouble over 'Bloodbath in ZANU-PF'
The state media on Thursday reported that the ruling party, Zanu-PF, has approached the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) and the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe to register a complaint against t...Published: 27 Nov 2014 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru can be prosecuted, only Mugabe is immune
Vice President Mujuru can be prosecuted on allegations of corruption, extortion and abuse of office as the Constitution only protects the President from civil and/or criminal proceedings.This...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Media watchdogs bemoan excessive Grace Mugabe coverage
Media organisations are crying foul over excessive coverage of the First Lady, Grace Mugabe on the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) stations saying government is abusing the State media....Published: 13 Oct 2014 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti Vs Daily News - latest
Tendai Biti registered a complaint with the VMCZ over a news story published by the Daily News on the 7th of April 2014 headed "Tsvangirai Plot; Dossier claims Mangoma, Biti working with Zanu-PF; ...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 12:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti wins
Daily News must publish an apology to former MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti after it claimed that Biti revealed working with top Zanu-PF officials, war veterans, nationalists and some unnamed ric...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 20:18hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
At least 50 Zimbabwean journalists gay, claim
ZIMBABWEAN journalists regularly report President Robert Mugabe's all too frequent rants against homosexuality, but little is said of the 50 or so members of the local press pack who are gay and ...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bornwell Chakaodza memorial lecture series statement
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe 0n Tuesday held the 3rd Annual Bornwell Chakaodza Memorial Lecture as part of the 2014 World Press Freedom Day Commemorations.The memorial lecture was d...Published: 07 May 2014 at 11:50hrs | | by VMCZ
VMCZ condemns arrest of Daily News Editor and reporter
The Voluntary Media council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) has condemned the arrest of Daily News Editor Stanley Gama and reporter Fungisai Kwaramba for allegedly criminally defaming Omani businessman, ...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Newsday ordered to apologise to Prophet Angel
Hide my ID: I saw a letter this evening in my boss office saying newsday must apologize to Prophet Angel. This is Latest from VMCZ on the ongoing battle between Prophet Angel and Newsday was concluded...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 21:38hrs | | by Hide ID
VMCZ Board meets Jonathan Moyo
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) Board yesterday met with the Minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services, Professor Jonathan Moyo. The meeting held at the Munh...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 11:27hrs | | by VMCZ
Prophet Uebert Angel is an anointed man
Last week, on Friday to be precise, NewsDay carried a story: Uebert Angel distances self from Zanu-PF.And he also distanced himself from his original name Mudzanire in a complaint to the Volu...Published: 11 Mar 2014 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Kamurai Mudzingwa
Uebert Angel fumes over Zanu-PF tag
SPIRIT Embassy leader Uebert Angel has distanced himself from public statements he made at President Robert Mugabe's 90th birthday celebration in Marondera last month where he declared his allegiance...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 07:26hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
VMCZ express its heartfelt condolences to the Bango family
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) Board wishes to express its heartfelt condolences to the Bango family and the nation at large on the untimely death of veteran journalist, Mr William...Published: 26 Feb 2014 at 14:01hrs | | by A. Muchadehama
Loughty Dube appointed VMCZ acting executive director
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) Board has appointed Mr. Loughty Dube as the Acting Executive Director of the VMCZ with effect from 01 December, 2013.Dube's appointment comes af...Published: 28 Nov 2013 at 10:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
The state of journalism ethics in Zimbabwe report launch
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) will on Tuesday 3, September 2013 launch a report entitled “The State of Journalism Ethics in Zimbabwe” at the Ambassador ...Published: 02 Sep 2013 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SW Radio Africa pulls out of VMCZ
SW RADIO, a privately-owned Zimbabwean radio station domiciled in the United Kingdom, has withdrawn its membership from the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) in protest against the councilâˆ...Published: 31 Aug 2013 at 13:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
VMCZ response to SW Radio Africa on their withdrawal from VMCZ
VMCZ response to SW Radio Africa on their withdrawal from VMCZTuesday 27 August 2013.Dear Gerry Jackson,The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe acknowledges receipt of your ema...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 14:09hrs | | by A. Muchadehama
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