Media

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s media fraternity is in mourning following the death of legendary broadcast journalist John Masuku, affectionately known as “Ndwandwe”, who passed away on Friday at the age of 70.

HARARE - A Zimbabwean labour tribunal has ruled that Nkululeko Rusununguko TV (NRTV), a Zimbabwean military run television, unlawfully failed to pay salaries to more than 70 employees for several months, ordering the broadcaster to settle all outstanding wages within 30 days.

HARARE - Disparities in mobile data pricing across Africa have come into focus following recent live streams by popular American YouTuber IShowSpeed, with Rwanda recording faster audience uptake than Zimbabwe despite comparable population sizes.

HARARE – The government owes Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) about US$400 000 in unpaid advertising and newspaper subscription fees dating back more than a year, a debt that has severely strained the operations of one of Zimbabwe’s last remaining privately owned mainstream media groups.

HARARE - Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) senior sports journalist Michael Kariati has lost his wife. Kariati is one of the country’s best-known sports writers, with more than 29 years in sports journalism and broadcasting.

HARARE - The general population of Zimbabwe might finally get access to the Mbuya Nehanda Statue in Harare, if Nick Mangwana’s word is anything to go by, and it's all thanks to popular YouTuber Davud Akhundzada.

MASVINGO - The bubbly Tavita Natasha Mpala a Producer/Presenter at the Great Zimbabwe University Campus Radio collapsed and passed away while at work on Friday 17 October 2025.

HARARE - Masvingo based journalist George Maponga has retained his position as President of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists at the organization's congress held in Harare on Friday.

Germany-based Zimbabwean journalist and founder of Spotlight Zimbabwe, Itai Mushekwe, died at the age of 42, with colleagues confirming that his burial took place quietly in Cologne earlier this month amid little information about the circumstances of his death.

HARARE - Zimbabwe Independent editor, Faith Zaba, arrested last night for a satirical column critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, will remain jailed at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. Her bail hearing is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday).