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Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe has complained that state broadcaster ZBC is tarnishing the image of Parliament by focusing only on the negative activities in the House. According to Mamombe, ZBC enjoys a monopoly and has used its 8 pm news broadcast to portray Parliament in the negative light while at the same time omitting …
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By Staff Reporter Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) president Linda Masarira says her party is expecting positives from the 2020 National Budget that is going to be presented in Parliament this Thursday (14 November 2019) despite the misfiring of the previous ones. Minister Mthuli Ncube’s budget comes at a time when Zimbabwe is going …
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By Own Correspondent The new Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) board that was recently inducted faces a daunting task of trying to convince people that they will deliver on their promises especially issuance of radio and television licences. While the board deserves a chance, they will, however, need to work hard to come out of …
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By Own Correspondent The new Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) board that was recently inducted faces a daunting task of trying to convince people that they will deliver on their promises especially issuance of radio and television licences. While the board deserves a chance, they will, however, need to work hard to come out of …
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By Daniel Chigundu Binga North legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda says Parliament of Zimbabwe has no power to enforce discipline on corrupt Ministers and government officials whom it would have exposed through its oversight function. Honourable Sibanda’s revelation comes on the back of numerous complaints from members of the public who have been accusing Parliament of …
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By Staff Reporter The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association on Thursday pleaded with parliament’s portfolio committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services to help them recover more than $700k worth of royalties owed by the state broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation (ZBC) since 2011. The association which has a membership of more than 3 600 artists revealed …
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By Daniel Chigundu The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services has appealed to both treasury and Parliament for the allocation of US$100 million to TransMedia for the completion of the digitalisation program. Digitalisation which has missed both the regional and international deadlines has so far gobbled about US$40 million and requires an …
By Daniel Chigundu TransMedia will no longer be requesting for budgetary support from the 2019 national budget but will instead implement measures to collect what is owed by various broadcasters including ZBC. The broadcasting transmission company which had initially asked for a $289 000 budgetary support has the potential to raise enough resources from its …
Information and Publicity Ministry presents budget proposals
By Daniel Chigundu Broadcasting transmission signal carrier Trans Media Corporation says it has not been making a profit because ZBC has failed to pay for its services since 2009. Trans Media Corporation makes only US$568 000 per year for the broadcasting signal it offers to various companies that include Kwese, various radio stations and ZBC …