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Government has dismissed as malicious a story by the privately owned newspaper, NewsDay, that Zanu-PF had roped in a militia group from neighbouring Mozambique to help it win the upcoming harmonised elections by force.
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) chairperson Trevor Ncube has admitted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son-in-law Gerald Mlotshwa owns a stake in the company, and has said his involvement in the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) was national service. Mlotshwa, a prominent corporate and commercial lawyer, now owns 39% of AMH.
Alpha Media Holdings editor-in-chief Wisdom Mdzungairi has reportedly resigned following allegations that he had a second job at the Ministry of Local Government, effectively making him a civil servant.
Luke Tamborinyoka: “All politics is a battle of messages hence the importance of the media in the industry of politics. It came as no surprise therefore when Zimbabweans learnt early this week that Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son-in-law Gerald Mlotshwa had bought significant shares in Alpha Media Holdings, the remaining vestige of the privately-owned media houses in Zimbabwe.”
Human rights defenders have spoken out against the arrest of Newsday journalists for allegedly breaching the Cyber and Data Protection Act. The publication’s editor Wisdom Mudzungairi and journalist Desmond Chingarande who are the country’s first scribes to be arrested under the law are facing charges of violating the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act as read with sections of the newly gazetted cyber security law.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa spokesman has ordered the privately owned NewsDay to apologise and retract a story claiming his “son Tarirai David Mnangagwa is being accused of seizing gold mining claims in Gweru after the owners had invited him to invest in the project.”
Zimbabwe Football Association president and businessman Philip Chiyangwa who on Monday claimed $1 million defamation damages from Alpha Media Holdings’ newspaper The Standard, has picked a legal battle with another publication under the group, NewsDay, where he is claiming a further $2,5 million.
Secretary general of the Zimbabwe Editors Forum, Barnabas Thodhlana said giving journalists $100 grocery vouchers was degrading for them and urged Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) to pay journalists accordingly.
HARARE – The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) on Tuesday criticised the independent NewsDay newspaper alleging bias in its coverage of party leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
The Zimbabwean print media industry continues to face acute problems, amid fresh revelations that one national publication will cease operations at the end of March. The government-controlled Zimpapers has started a massive retrenchment exercise.