The Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, Commissioners and staff have learnt with sadness on the passing on of Mr Maxwell Sibanda. Maxwell Sibanda was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1968. The Veteran journalist and Daily News Assistant Editor passed away on the...
The Zimbabwe Media Commission joins the rest of the world in commemorating the 2021 edition of the International Mother Tongue Day which is running under the theme, “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in Education and society”. The United Nations proclaimed day falls on 21 February of...
One of the objectives of the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) launched by the New Dispensation was the repeal of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) [Chapter 10:27]. Stakeholder consultations were held across the country to solicit views on law or...
The Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Media Commission, Prof. Ruby Magosvongwe, Commissioners and the Secretariat would like to send their heartfelt condolences on the death of Commissioner Miriam Tose Majome’s mother. Gogo Majome passed on 26 January 2021. We urge Commissioner Majome to find strength and solace in that her colleagues at...
Following its gazetting of the year 2021 Registration and Accreditation fees with the approval of the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services and through Statutory Instrument 22 of 2021, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) advises all stakeholders and clients that mass media services, journalists...
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is advising all stakeholders, journalists and other media practitioners that the Commission has not yet started issuing accreditation cards for the year 2021. The Commission is still awaiting the gazetting of the 2021 fees which have already been sent...
The Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), Prof. Ruby Magosvongwe, Commissioners and Staff have learnt with a great sense of shock and disbelief on the death of Mr Foster Dongozi, the Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ). Mr Dongozi’s sudden...
The Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, Commissioners and entire Staff join His Excellency, President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa and the entire nation, in commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the National Unity Day. The Unity Accord signed in 1987, took our country...
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), in line with Section 41 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as read with Statutory Instrument 169C of 2002, is reviewing registration fees for mass media services and accreditation fees for media practitioners for the year 2021. The...
The Chairperson, Professor Ruby Magosvongwe; the Deputy Chairperson, Mr Jasper Maposa; the Board of Commissioners and the Secretariat of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC); all send their deepest condolences to the Munyaka family and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) on the passing on of veteran...