Harare, (New Ziana) – President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday swore into office new commissioners for the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), and also filled in vacancies in two other independent commissions.
Professor Ruby Magosvongwe chairs the ZMC board whose other members include Dumisani Mashingaidze, Susan Makore, Mirriam Tose Majome, Retired Major Edward Mbewe, Tanaka Muganyi, Dr Phillip Pasirayi, Jasper Maphosa and Aleck Ncube.
The new ZMC board was appointed in July this year but was yet to take the oaths of office and loyalty before the President as required by the Constitution.
The media watchdog has 10 major functions, top of which include to uphold, promote and develop freedom of the media, promoting and enforcing good practices and ethics in media as well as monitoring broadcast to ensure fairness and diversity of views.
It is also responsible for ensuring equal access to information, promoting fair competition and also has powers to investigate any conduct that appears to threaten freedom of the media and take disciplinary action against media practitioners who are found to have breached any laws or code of conduct.
President Mnangagwa also swore into office Angeline Guvamombe, Dorothy Moyo, Beauty Kaseke, Cowen Dziba and Brian Penduka as commissioners for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission while Dr Nomatemba Ndiweni Masuku was sworn in as the new deputy chairperson for the Civil Service Commission.
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