Complaints & the Media Complaints Mechanism
The VMCZ receives, mediates, and adjudicates complaints by individuals and organisations against the media. VMCZ seeks to form a buffer between the public and the media and to serve as a medium of understanding between the two.
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:...
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...
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...
Advocacy for Media Self-Regulation
The VMCZ is a professional media self-regulatory body set up in 2007 by Zimbabwean journalists and other stakeholders in civil society who subscribe to the principles of media freedom, accountability, independence, and ethical journalism. VMCZ’s mission is to promote a strong and ethical media with the ability to contribute to building a more democratic and just society within policy and legal environments that facilitate growth and development of independent, pluralistic, and free media.
Training and Capacity Building
VMCZ offers hands-on training in journalism with the ambition to support balanced, accurate, and impartial reporting. The VMCZ conducts in-house training at several media houses as well as conduct training workshops for the media and the public.
