Bornwell Chakaodza remembered
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) hosted the 5th Bornwell Chakaodza Memorial Lecture in honor of Zimbabwe’s veteran and iconic journalist, the late Bornwell Chakaodza.By Lovejoy Mutongwiza Dumisani Muleya, who is the editor of Zimbabwe Independent, a local weekly newspaper,...
Zim media under economic and political siege – Muleya
ZIMBABWE’S media companies are seriously struggling for survival in an inexorably deteriorating economic environment characterised by far-reaching technological disruptions, lack of alternative funding models, a hostile political climate, ethical challenges and corruption creeping onto the...
Bornwell Chakaodza Memorial Lecture 2016 Keynote Address
MEDIA SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTBornwellChakaodza Memorial Lecture, May 4 2016, VMCZ, Harare.By Dumisani Muleya, Zimbabwe Independent EditorGreetings,IT’s a great privilege for me to be invited to give this speech in honour of a man whose legacy in the media will always remain be...
VMCZ Statement on World Press Freedom Day 2016
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) joins the rest of the world in commemorating International World Press Freedom Day.While several media developments have taken place since the last World Press Freedom Day in 2015 it is important to take stock of gains and challenges the media has...
2016 World Press Freedom Day Commemorations
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) will hold the annual Bornwell Chakaodza Memorial Lecture on May 4 2016 as part of the World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2016 commemorations. The annual Lecture will this year be delivered by The Zimbabwe Independent Editor Dumisani Muleya . The VMCZ...
Call for Nominations to cover AU Summit
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) in partnership with the Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF) is seeking nomination for an Editor/Senior Journalist from Zimbabwe to attend a 2 Day sideline meeting of Editors at the 27th AU Summit to be held in Kigali Rwanda in June. The nominated...
Call for Nominations to cover AU Summit
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) in partnership with the Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF) is seeking nomination for an Editor/Senior Journalist from Zimbabwe to attend a 2 Day sideline meeting of Editors at the 27th AU Summit to be held in Kigali Rwanda in June. The nominated...
Journalists and actor arrested at Parliament
Journalists Winstone Antonio, Sherpherd Tozvireva and Itai Zengenya were on 13 April 2016 arrested outside the Parliament of Zimbabwe together with playwright and actor Sylvanos Mudzvova.Mudzvova had planned to stage a one-man play titled: Bring Back the $15 billion. Although details of the arrest...
Council of Europe adopts guidelines to protect media freedom and journalists
The Council of Europe today adopted a set of guidelines aimed to ensure the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists in its 47 member states.In a Recommendation, the Committee of Ministers – the organisation´s decision-making body- encouraged states to review their national...
ZBC taking us for granted
EDITOR — I was saddened by the recent clumsiness depicted by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) when they showed a photoshopped picture of Mbuya Nehanda and the once infamous “tezvara” aka uncle Barnabas.Surely, someone is employed to look into what is aired on the news, especially...
