VMCZ launches Tonga media Code of Conduct
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) on Tuesday launched a Zimbabwean media practitioners’ Code of Conduct translated into the Tonga language. The translation of the Code of Conduct is in recognition of Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution, which emphasises the equal promotion of the country’s...
Shun bribery, remain professional: Gandawa
HIGHER and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has urged trainee journalists to shun bribery, strive to remain professional and contribute towards nation building.BY WINSTONE ANTONIOSpeaking at a graduation ceremony for trainee journalists at the Christian College of Southern Africa...
Media threats roundly condemned
FREE press advocacy groups protested yesterday after the private press received threats from the President's Office, against the backdrop of a deepening political crisis in the ruling Zanu PF. Presidential spokesperson and secretary of Information George Charamba came out guns blazing;...
Media threats roundly condemned
FREE press advocacy groups protested yesterday after the private press received threats from the President's Office, against the backdrop of a deepening political crisis in the ruling Zanu PF. Presidential spokesperson and secretary of Information George Charamba came out guns blazing;...
Impi Report Indaba On Cards
The Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services will soon dust the Information Media Panel of Inquiry (IMPI) report and call for a forum to digest the contents of the report with the view of coming up with a draft that will be forwarded to the Cabinet Committee on Legislation, the...
Resolutions of the Media Ethics Indaba
24 September 2015Theme: Media Professionalism and Sustainability: Defending Zimbabwe’s Fourth Estate Zimbabwean media practitioners, inclusive of journalists and media organizations, having met to discuss media professionalism and sustainability in order to defend the integrity of Zimbabwe’s...
Membership Subscription Payments for 2016
Dear Colleagues;Please be advised that membership fees is payable via the following methods(i) Cash payments upon VMCZ visits to the provinces(ii) Cash Deposits into the VMCZ Bank AccountThe VMCZ banking details are as follows:Account name: Voluntary Media Council of ZimbabweAccount number :...
Chairperson’s Report to the 2015 AGM
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to VMCZ’s 2015 Elective Annual General Meeting. Thank you for joining us today. First allow me to acknowledge some of our development partners here present, I would also like to acknowledge the presence of editors who are here with us today and...
Media practitioners tear into Impi report
SOME stakeholders in the media industry have poked holes into the government-sanctioned Independent Media Panel of Inquiry (Impi) report produced early this year, saying some of the findings did not reflect the correct picture of the state of the media in Zimbabwe. BY MOSES MATENGA Impi was...
‘Mugabe’s media threats chilling’
HARARE - Media pressure groups have strongly condemned President Robert Mugabe’s recent threats directed at the independent media saying they can potentially trigger extra-legal violation of media freedom by political activists.The concerns come after Mugabe on September 15 threatened the...
