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Hacker broadcasts porn clip during Zim election seminar
This might be portentous as activists and opposition parties raise concerns about whether next year’s elections will be free and fair
Old-world diction, flawed punditry and the fight for Zimbabwe’s future
The single greatest failure of current punditry is the refusal to recognise that context matters.
It is not ‘anti-African’ to call for Mugabe to go
From arrests of cabinet ministers to talks of a ‘transitional government’ led by Mnangagwa, the situation in Zimbabwe has been notably peaceful.
Moyo orders audit, fires board of ZBC
The minister of information has initiated a purge at the Zimbabwe broadcaster but staff say he must also stop it from acting as a Zanu-PF mouthpiece.
Can Moyo rescue the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation?
Jonathan Moyo, the ZBC’s new information and publicity minister has sparked hope in employees that the station can be turned around.
Digital did not kill the radio star in Africa
Radio may be old but it’s the most accessible form of technology on the continent, which is why some African leaders feel threatened by it.
Nando’s ad ruffling feathers in Zim
The rooster has long been Robert Mugabe’s party symbol and it perches proudly atop the Zanu-PF headquarters.
Zimbabwe hopes for free airwaves
Public hearings for new broadcasters are being keenly watched by Zimbabweans desperate to be free of decades of the state broadcaster’s tedium.
Zim constitution cash snag
It’s been a tough road for Zimbabwe’s 11-month-old process of drawing up a new constitution.
Boring TV good for dish business
Poor Zimbabweans are illegally investing in satellite dishes, to avoid watching endless propaganda released by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.
‘We don’t want any more bloodshed’
Hundreds of women converged on a stadium on the outskirts of Harare on Saturday to pray for peace ahead of the country’s tense presidential run-off amid mounting political…
Farms raided as Zim election drags on
Zimbabwe’s war veterans have launched fresh invasions of the country’s few remaining white-owned farms as President Robert Mugabe appears to be falling back on the tested tactics…
Concern over media bias in Zimbabwe
With only weeks to go before the Zimbabwean elections, there has been no let-up in the slanted coverage of the campaign by the country’s public broadcaster, according to the…
When the media’s voice is misheard
What is the voice of the media? The question was sparked by a recent complaint about a report on service delivery protests, as well as some elements of the current debate around…