Zimbabwe:   Government Pays Backdated ZBC Salaries

New Zimbabwe, 2 January 2014

THE Information Ministry has started paying up backdated salaries at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) in yet another headache for the country's cash-strapped government. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC Workers Paid $100 After Seven Months Without Pay

SW Radio, 24 December 2013

Staff at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) saw their hopes of a merry Christmas evaporate after their employer paid them just $100. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC Workers Paid U.S.$100 for December

New Zimbabwe, 23 December 2013

THERE was outrage at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation (ZBC) at the weekend after workers discovered that struggling broadcaster had only paid them $100 each as their December… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC to Retrench 500 Workers

The Herald, 6 December 2013

AT least 500 workers at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation will be retrenched in a restructuring exercise meant to turnaround the public broadcaster that is saddled with a… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Government to Take Over U.S.$44 Million ZBC Debt

New Zimbabwe, 5 December 2013

THE government may have to take over the $44 million debt of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) as part of efforts to restructure the struggling public broadcaster. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Zim Television Is Dying - ZIFF

The Herald, 5 December 2013

Public television, which has for long enjoyed a monopoly, is on the verge of collapse as it is fast losing out to private satellite television channels which offer better quality… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC in a Mess - Jonathan Moyo

Zimbabwe Independent, 29 November 2013

INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says the state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is in a mess after it was run down in a… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   'Biased' ZBC Taken to Court Over TV, Radio Licences

SW Radio, 27 November 2013

A senior MDC-T official, Jessie Majome, has approached the Constitutional Court seeking the endorsement of her decision not to pay for radio and television licences to the 'biased'… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Mutasa in Angry Rant At Zimpapers, ZBC

New Zimbabwe, 25 November 2013

PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister and Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa has come out guns blazing, attacking the public media which is under the stranglehold of his… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC Turnaround Strategy Can Succeed

New Zimbabwe, 23 November 2013

INFORMATION Minister Jonathan Moyo has dissolved the Cuthbert Dube-led Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation board and sent chief executive Happison Muchechetere on leave for… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC Turnaround a Mountain to Climb

Zimbabwe Independent, 22 November 2013

INFORMATION minister Jonathan Moyo last week cracked the whip at the troubled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) dissolving the entire board and suspending CEO Happison… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Contempt - the Source of ZBC's Woes

New Zimbabwe, 23 November 2013

WHEN news of the plight of the long-suffering ZBC staffers was brought to light a few months ago via the print media, to the effect that the workers had gone unpaid for over six… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC Mess: Forensic Audit a Master-Stroke

The Herald, 22 November 2013

IF the situation at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation was not so dismal, the announcement by Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Cde Supa Mandiwanzira that… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC Insolvent

The Herald, 21 November 2013

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is technically insolvent as it is realising only US$275 000 per month in revenue against a budget of US$2,3 million of which US$1,6 million… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Webster Shamu Blamed for ZBC Rot

SW Radio, 20 November 2013

Former Information Minister in the inclusive government, Webster Shamu must shoulder most of the blame for the bad corporate governance that stalked the ZBC for years and resulted… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZBC to Undergo Forensic Audit

The Herald, 16 November 2013

THE Comptroller and Auditor-General has been asked to undertake an urgent, comprehensive and forensic audit of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation in the wake of the dissolution… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Heads Roll At ZBC as Minister Wields Axe

The Herald, 15 November 2013

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation board, led by Mr Cuthbert Dube, has been dissolved with immediate effect while the corporation's chief executive officer, Mr Happison… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Heads Roll in ZBC Shake-Up

SW Radio, 15 November 2013

There was an air of uncertainty at the ZBC's Pockets Hill on Friday as the future of its chief executive officer Happison Muchechetere hung in the balance, after the government… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Moyo Orders Forensic ZBC Audit

New Zimbabwe, 15 November 2013

INFORMATION minister Jonathan Moyo has asked the comptroller and auditor general to conduct a forensic audit at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, a day after sacking the board… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Moyo Dissolves ZBC Board

Zimbabwe Independent, 15 November 2013

INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday dissolved the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board and sent its chief executive officer… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Moyo Fires ZBC Board, Removes Chief Executive

New Zimbabwe, 14 November 2013

INFORMATION minster Jonathan Moyo has moved to end the malaise at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), sacking the entire board and sending the chief executive on gardening… Read more »