Ms. Martha Mashonganyika filed a complaint over a report entitled ‘Makandiwa’s private life exposed’ carried by The DailyNews on 7 February, 2014.
Mashonganyika feels aggrieved that the report was “misleading” as it gave an account of the Pastor’s ‘clean taxpaying businesses’ and was not at all related to exposing his private life as ‘purported’ in the headline.
Ms. Mashonganyika further states that the intention was to undermine and harm the reputation of Prophet Makandiwa and raise false alarm to the public.
STATUS: FINALISED
The VMCZ Secretariat engaged the Daily News on the case
The Daily News after engaging with the VMCZ and the complainant reiterated its commitment to professionalism and public accountability but defended its story and the headline saying they satisfied set professional standards.
The Daily News however invited the complainant to submit an opinion piece on religious issues and on his position on the matter and the newspaper promised to publish the article on submission.
Compliance: The Complainant submitted the opinion piece which was published in full in the Daily News edition of 22 March 2014.
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