Clerk of Parliament Mr Austin Zvoma notified  STATUS: RESOLVED the Media Complaints Committee of a letter of complaint written to Zimbabwe Independent complaining over a story published by the paper over alleged bad blood between himself and Speaker, Lovemore Moyo. ? Matter resolved amicably...

  Lucky Tshuma a freelance photo-journalist has filed a complaint claiming that B Metro newspaper allegedly used one of his photographs without permission. Tshuma says the practise by the newspaper is unethical and accuses the paper of infringing copy write laws STATUS : PENDING? A letter has been...

  Kubatana.net has lodged a complaint with the VMCZ Media Complaints Committee over a story carried by NewsDay on 5 May 2011 entitled ‘MDC-T denies emergence of ‘terror groups’ Kubatana .net says NewsDay published a report carried by the website but authored by Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and...

  The MDC filed a case against Zimbabwe Independent over the paper’s continued reference to the party as the MDC-N. The party says it is to be referred to only as the MDC. STATUS: FINALISED? A letter was written to the Zimbabwe Independent and the paper’s editor Constantine Chimakure responded...

  The Gays And Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) has filed a complaint over a story published in NewsDay of 16 April 2011- entitled Gays, lesbians angry with Mugabe. GALZ says headline was misleading and inciteful. The organisation says it was GALZ that responded in the article and not all...

  Zanu PF Mashonaland East provincial chairman, Ray Kaukonde, filed a complaint with the VMCZ- Media Complaints Committee over an article headed “Kaukonde ‘admits’ burning chief’s home’ published in the NewsDay of 19 May 2011. Mr. Kaukonde in the complaint said he was aggrieved because he says the...

  Mr Nyarota launched a complaint against The Daily News over an article carried by the newspaper in its 18 March 2011 edition. The paper carried a picture of Mr Nyarota under the headline “We are Back.” Mr Nyarota says the use of his picture under that headline is misleading as it insinuates that...

  MISA-Zimbabwe filed a complaint with the MCC over a Redds advertisement carried in the Standard Newspaper of 06 March 2011. The advertisement showed the posteriors of four women each holding a bottle of Redds. MISA-Zimbabwe said the advertisement objectifies women.  STATUS: FINALISED? After a...

  Masvingo based journalist Energy Bara filed a complaint with the MCC against VOP over a story carried on 23/03/11 entitled “Journalist turned politician wins MDC primary elections.” Bara said the story was entirely false as he never participated in any primary elections. He further said he never...

Councillor Mukwazhe filed a complaint with VMCZ over an article published in The Sun entitled “Mtapa Councillor’s Kombi set on Fire” published on 28 January 2011. The newspaper alleged that the Kombi was set on fire in a suspected love triangle. The councillor denied the allegations arguing that...