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HARARE – The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board is accusing its former CEO, Adelaide Chikunguru, of taking to social media to make “unsubstantiated” claims of unfair dismissal and attacks by the board.
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) CEO Adelaide Chikunguru, who recently resigned, has accused Information Minister Jenfan Muswere of making inappropriate advances towards her.
Government funding for the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has not been enough to digitize the country’s broadcasting services, in line with international standards, permanent secretary Nick Mangwana told parliament on Monday.
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has suspended its Director of Radio Services, Robson Mhandu, over allegations of sexual harassment. Mhandu is accused of demanding sex from a female presenter in order to approve her transfer request from Bulawayo to Harare.
By Tendai Ruben Mbofana
However, those days of Chakaodza, Makumbe, Mandaza and Makamure are long gone, and have become a faint distant memory of the 1980s and 90s.
Today, instead of making those in power answerable to the nation – the State-owned media has been reduced to a mere mouthpiece of the ruling ZANU PF party.
In fact, it has declared war on the oppressed, marginalized and impoverished people of Zimbabwe – opting to side with their tormentors.
In other words, ZBC, The Herald, and Sunday Mail have reverted to their colonial legacies.
There is widespread gnashing of teeth among workers from the independent Commissions and parastatals after the Public Service Commission announced that they will no longer be allowed to board its buses starting from next month.
Barely two days after the government acquired 27 top of the range vehicles for the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), it has emerged that the State owned Zimpapers is failing to pay its journalists decent salaries so much that it allegedly prefers using students on attachment to do most of the work.
Workers at the state run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) are demanding an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the poor salaries they are getting.
General workers and presenters at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) have distanced themselves from a document by the organisation’s national workers committee claiming management was flouting procurement procedures and employees were threatening to strike over poor wages. It’s not clear if the latest letter is genuine or an attempt by management to save face.
Employees at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) are threatening to strike over poor salaries while accusing the organisation of flouting procurement procedures.