Complaints Handling
Call for Consultant: 2024 Media Complaints Report
Position: Media Complaints Report Consultant Contract Type: Consultancy Duty Station: Remote/Home-Based Contract Dates: December 2024 Duration of Contract: 05-10 working days Application Deadline: 22 November 2024 at 1600hrs. Description of the Organisation and Assignment VMCZ is a professional...
Press Statement: Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe’s (VMCZ) Response to Complaints Against Unregistered and Secrective Online Media Houses
The VMCZ is seriously concerned over copyright infringement and defamation by unregistered and secretive online media houses reporting on Zimbabwe, within and outside of the country. The VMCZ is increasingly concerned about the rising number of complaints against media houses that are not...
Ms Sukai Tongogara v/s Pindula (February 2023)
Nature of Complaint Ms Sukai Tongogara filed an official complaint with the Media Complaints Committee on 14 February 2023 via WhatsApp regarding her profile/ biography that was published by Pindula on 12 January 2023 https://www.pindula.co.zw/Sukai_Tongogara . According to Ms Tongogara's...
Mr Ashirai Mutirikwi Mawere v/s The Masvingo Mirror (January 2023)
Nature of Complaint Mr Ashirai Mutirikwi Mawere through his lawyers Machiridza Commercial Law Chambers lodged a complaint via an email on 29 January 2023 with the Media Complaints Committee over an article published by The Masvingo Mirror on 25 January 2023. The lawyers, Machiridza Commercial Law...
Parties: Dr Doug Mamvura v/s Post on Sunday (January 2023)
Nature of Complaint Dr Doug Mamvura filed a complaint via WhatsApp platform on 17 January 2023 with the Media Complaints Committee over an article published by Post on Sunday on 3 January 2023 headlined: “Mamvura up for fraud, forgery- fails to pay for maintenance.” In his complaint, Dr Mamvura...
MEDIA COMPLAINTS UPDATE (JANUARY 2022- JUNE 2022)
The Bi-Annual Media Complaints Report captures complaints filed with the VMCZ Media Complaints Committee in the period between January 2022 and June 2022. This report reflects cases that were reported to the Media Complaints Committee and also the processes that were undertaken to resolve the...
Parties: Ms Ncube v/s Skyz Metro FM (April 2022)
Nature of the Complaint Ms Ncube lodged a complaint against Skyz Metro FM accusing the radio station for intellectual theft of property of content that was aired on radio station. Ms Ncube claims that Skyz Metro used material that she shared with Skyz Metro in response to an advertisement flighted...
Parties: Ms Zhou v/s H-Metro (March 2022)
Nature of the Complaint The Media Complaints Committee received a complaint from Ms Evangelista Zhou over an article published by H-Metro on 16 March, 2022 headlined: “Madam Boss hubby secret affair exposed.” Ms Zhou says the story contains falsehoods that need to be corrected and therefore...
Parties: Mr Kangai v/s Mining Zimbabwe Magazine (March 2022)
Nature of the Complaint The Mining Zimbabwe Magazine approached the VMCZ Media Complaints Committee to help them solve in an amicable manner the articles they published on 10 and 11 March 2022 about Mr Ralph Kangai. In a letter brought to the MCC by Mining Zimbabwe Magazine, through their lawyers...
Parties: Ms Linda Masarira v/s The Standard (April 2022)
Nature of the Complaint Ms Linda Masarira lodged a complaint with the Media Complaints Committee against The Standard over a story headlined: "ED pampers Mwonzora & co” published on 24 April 2022. Ms Masarira says that the reporter misquoted her as she did not say she received 150 litres for...
