BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ bans Cash In and Out with immediate effect

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has directed mobile payment system providers and merchants to discontinue cash in and cash out with immediate effect while it has also directed economic agents to disconti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

POLITICS

Mugabe coup announcer paints rosy picture of Zimbabwe media

FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government is keen on improving the media sector, claiming journalists' working environment has improved under the administration of President...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Chiwenga slams use of social media to cause panic buying

ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has castigated abuse of social media to cause panic buying of fuel and other basic commodities. Officiating at the launch of the second phase of the centre pivot ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

TotalMedia appoints Ndlovu chief media officer

TotalMedia UM has elevated Nobuntu Ndlovu to the newly created role of chief media officer (CMO) with immediate effect.Ndlovu has been with TotalMedia UM, a subsidiary of Dicomm Holdings group, since ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa dismisses negative media reports

ZIMBABWE is tackling all the challenges it is facing head-on despite some media reports that the hurdles facing the country cannot be resolved, President Mnangagwa has said. Writing on his weekly colu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 November 2018

POLITICS

Media play critical role in fuelling conflicts

SOUTHERN Africa is a flashpoint for conflict, with Zimbabwe renowned for political violence and South Africa for xenophobia, terrorism threats from Al Shabaab in Mozambique, including hunger and other...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ bemoans social media abuse

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has bemoaned the abuse of social media by other members of the society, saying the practice had cost the nation socially, financially and economic...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Dabengwa tried to mediate between Chamisa and Khupe

Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa yesterday attended an MDC Alliance rally in Bulawayo.Dabengwa, who has been promised a top position in Chamisa's government, said he has decided to back Chamisa after re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

OPINION

Chigumba's sex life and the pitfalls of social media

I am not sure if Priscilla Chigumba, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chair, bleached to be such a yellow-bone. But I am not rushing to make her pigmentation any of my business because it's not...

By Tawanda Majoni | Published: 22 July 2018

POLITICS

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...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

POLITICS

Misa challenges Zec Media Monitoring Committee

MEDIA Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) yesterday filed an urgent High Court Chamber application challenging the constitution of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Media Monitoring CommitteeIn terms ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Govt committed to media reforms'

ACTING Information minister Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday said government was committed to implementing the long-awaited media reforms to guarantee freedom of expression for all citizens and enable journ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa still has grip on Zec, State media

MDC Alliance parliamentary candidate for Mbizo constituency, Settlement Chikwinya, yesterday described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a sly politician who pretended to promote peace, yet he maintaine...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2018

POLITICS

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 United Nation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2018

POLITICS

Parties, media to witness ballot paper printing

POLITICAL parties and journalists are today expected to visit and witness ballot paper printing at the state-owned Fidelity Printers & Refiners and Printflow Pvt Ltd which have been contracted to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018

OPINION

Social media game changer of 2018 polls

The name Baba Jukwa became both a reference point and somewhat source of credible inside information regarding the ruling Zanu-PF party in the build up to the 2013 harmonised elections.The shadowy Fac...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

POLITICS

Mujuru frets over lack of media coverage

People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) has expressed disappointment over unfair coverage from both the public and private media in a development the grouping said violates statutes of the Electoral Law whic...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2018

POLITICS

Mohadi tells media to give parties equal coverage

VICE President Kembo Mohadi has urged the media to give equal coverage to political parties ahead of the upcoming elections as they all had to be given a platform to sell their manifestos to voters.In...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

State media sued over partisan reporting

PARLIAMENTARY watchdog, Firinne Trust also known as Veritas, has petitioned the High Court seeking an order compel ing State media journalists to give equal coverage to all political players contestin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 June 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

ZTA engages comedians to market destinations

In a drive to increase domestic tourism, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has engaged comedians to tour various destinations, marketing them on social media. The project commenced last week with veteran...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 June 2018

POLITICS

Media under fire over Zanu-PF, MDC-T obsession

THE Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) has challenged local media outlets to play their constitutional role of giving equal coverage to all political parties and players, so as to enable the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 June 2018

POLITICS

ED will not block social media use during polls

The Zimbabwean government says it will not interfere with internet connectivity or sanction the illicit monitoring of citizens' private communication over the election period, reports the Sunday Mail....

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa rules Zimbabwe social media

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's social media strategy to interact with Zimbabweans all over the world has received overwhelming support with close to 300 000 people now following him on his official Facebook pa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe ditches ZBC for international media

While former president Robert Mugabe used to loath the international and local independent media preferring coverage only in the public media, he has found his choices limited after being dethroned la...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 March 2018

POLITICS

No hope for media reforms before polls

Five years after the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) made recommendations on improving the state of the media in Zimbabwe, journalists and media practitioners are concerned that gov...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 March 2018
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