Promise Tracker – Community radio licencing update
On February 20, 2020, a day after ZimFact wrote that the government had missed its own deadline to licence community radio stations, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe invited applications for…
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PROMISE CHECKER – Zimbabwe misses community radio deadline, renews promise
Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Promises, promises In April 2019, the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services promised to license 10 community radio stations before the end of that year.…
FACT CHECK: Coronavirus in Zimbabwe? No, viral social media message is false
CLAIM: 118 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Zimbabwe. VERDICT: False. No cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the country A message that has gone viral on Zimbabwean…
Why The Chronicle’s sensationalist coronavirus banner is misleading
On Friday, January 31, The Chronicle newspaper ran a banner with the headline: “Corona virus alert in Hwange”. A picture of the image has gone viral on Zimbabwean social media,…
PROMISE CHECKER – Govt admits missing 1.5 million house target
By ZimFact Ahead of the 2018 general election, Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party made a pledge to build 1.5 million homes in the five-year period leading up to 2023. As part…
