Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation -ZNBC Director General Eddie Mupeso says it is unfortunate that the national Broadcaster has continued to be accused of favouring the ruling MMD in its coverage of news.
Mr Mupeso says ZNBC has no reason NOT to cover the opposition if their statements border on development and selling of their manifestos.
Mr Mupeso says it must be appreciated that there is a lot of development news from Government ministers than the opposition and therefore it is impossible to ignore such news from the ruling party.[pullquote]Ambassador Egawa says he is happy that the National Broadcaster has put the equipment to good use despite most of it being obsolete.[/pullquote]
Mr Mupeso says the national broadcaster will however continue to abide by the electoral code of conduct as it covers this year’s election.
He has assured political players that ZNBC will provide equal coverage in this year’s elections.
He was responding to Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Akio Egawa who wanted to know ZNBC’s Editorial policy.
Ambassador Egawa called on Mr Mupeso on Tuesday in Lusaka to tour ZNBC studios.
And Ambassador Egawa pledged his country’s support in the digital migration of ZNBC.
The Ambassador said his country assisted in the construction of the Mass Media complex at inception.
Ambassador Egawa says he is happy that the National Broadcaster has put the equipment to good use despite most of it being obsolete.
Indeed i cannot even remember the last time i watched MMD ZNBC……..that is a major problem, nolonger exciting to watch
When did this dude come back to ZNBC? Am running behind, I need to refresh my current affairs knowledge.
ZNBC cannot provide equal coverage no matter what, its something controlled and you know it. Same applies to daily mail and times. Thats the reason we stopped watching ZNBC!
Mupeso, your message speaks loud. Which development are you talking about? Go to those compounds and highlight the Govt about millions suffering zambians. News is 2 ways you tell the people what Govt projects are, then you inform the Govt on the poverty levels in the country. ZNBC will always be criticized because there is no professionalism.
Is Chanda Chimba’s program Development?
ZNBC is shit.. first 7 news items about Rupiah..what development news is in sayn Sata is gay…cheap political malice to sway xtian voters with falsehood. Japan ambassador lost face seeing a black man lying thru his teeth, an american like storrella would have told him to the face that “nigga u’re ****in lying!
Am surprised as head of Sata or State,when did Eddie Mupeso come back to ZNBC…maybe i was away with Dora or Thandiwe,sorry slip on the head.Dont cover anyone,but me,Zambians pay for better tv to watch me there great leader.Bwezani wamuyaya.
Kabili mulifipuba bonse. What development news does Lifwekelo and Chifimpatile bring?
Lets be real. These guys should show what the government is doing and the post should always tell us what the governement is not doing for check and balances period.
The guy is defending his job and you can say ma rubbish about your company. Is that true no.
Mapeso these criticism are real, as a resident of Mongu am concerned with how the issue of Barotse Agreement of 1964 was covered. You went ahead and interviewed pipo from the streets of Lusaka and Northern Province who do not know anything about it leaving us out, what were you up to? you hide in the name of beter tv, geting our little resources that we the poor pipo of mongu have, yet you dont consider us in your network. Its like you are MMD Broadcasting station not ZNBC, or we are not part of Zambia?
Ridiculous*****! You have just given us reasons why you don’t cover the opposition. You guys are hypocrites. Utter say, you are a sham of an organisation. How can 32 minutes of news be MMD every day??
ZWD article………….
Parallel votes tabulation is good for Zambia
Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 10:32Opinion Editorials4 comments
By Hellen Muzyamba
Trust is both a psychological and logical act. Psychologically, it is where you expose your vulnerabilities to people, all the while believing that they will not take advantage of your sincerity.
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i am waiting for my cousin Mr. Capitalist- E.e.e. (all empty) from Ottawa to comment on ZNBC, times of zambia, daily mail and Lusaka times that report and gives coverage to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
What one sows one has to reap. Roosters will come home soon to….
He is lying with a very strait face! ZNBC sucks!PERIOD! Wat developmental news does that clown Chanda Chimba or the prostitute Edward Mumbi bring? Thats y i haven’t watched this crappy station for the 4yrs!
ZNBC is more impartial than Mmembe’s toilet tissue paper.
Its true ZNBC is baised. Its a finished institution. Its a propaganda org. Its part and parcel of rigging this year’s 2011 elections. You guilt of this offence. You in the very act of rigging right now going by your coverage. Anyway its just about time.
ZNBC is very hostile to the Zambian people going by the current coverage. its an enermy to the people.
You are contributing to hostility in this nation. You are part and parcel to possible revolution.
Sometimes it iz wizer, Mr ZNBC Director, to remain quiet, for you have a job to keep. TONDOLO musuma.
Gay people are sick sub-animals.Anyone on the thread ever seen a Pig or Dog stuffing its hardened pipe into the a.s.s. of its fellow male Pig/Dog? Sickos is the best description of gays, infact they should be quarantined so that they dont pollute this earth.
ZNBC knows which side of their bread is buttered and not to bite the hand that feeds you that bread.
VJ rigger
why are you so full of malice and propaganda. its hard to read your comments man. let us comment objectively. goodnight to all!
ZNBC Bullshit is better that PF Vuvuzelas promoting gays at the Post. But they both stink!!!!!!
@vj rigger,I dont know if u like analysing the facts or not,but from wat i have observed,judging yo comment u must be a full bloodied MMD cadre who is given opaque as a daily diet,tujilijili as a sweet course as a an end result not seeing the world the way it shud be.VIVA THE POST,ABASH CHANDA CHIMBA BROADCASTING CORPARATION
@VJ rigger,dont judge others just becos u have your own feelings,these people r human beings made by God,u hve no right calling them pigs and dogs just cos yo feelings makes u want to hamp like a goat,let as luv thy neighbors including our enemies and respect others just the way we respect ourselves,i hope u do VJ rigger.
Here we go again with stu.ipid statements….ZNBC covers mmd because it talks of development?And you don’t cover opposition parties because they have rubb.ish manifestos?Where did this man come from?I pay 3 pin every month for this stu.pid and finished institution..I feel like puking everytime i find my miad watching ZNBC….cockeye!
Ata bane what a foolish statement from this pseudo-learned man.
Then cover Sata and HH like you cover Vasco da Banda
Mr Mupeso its better not even to give reasons for not covering the opposition than this excuse you have given. Does Chanda Chimba talk about development? Learn to be serious and dont forget that the same opposition you are sidelining will be in government tomorrow and you will appear so foolish.
Chifire, Lifwenkelo, Mumbi, Chimumbwa, Chimba etc what development is Mupeso talking about? This must be the worst Director ZNBC must have had. Maybe he doesn’t even watch it himself. It is disgusting.
I failed to watch ZNBC the last time I was in Zambia. It was disappointing to find the same boring programs I left like Lima time , Chintobentobe etc being aired. Even the Japanese delegate alluded to the fact that the equipment is obsolete. Why do Zambians always wait for an outsider to come and tell them what is clearly obvious before they can do something about it. Shame. I do not think ZNBC has the capacity to change with the times. OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT IN THIS AGE.
Chanda Chimba is ZNBC, thats why i cant pay..foolish directors, ulebepa banani makaka iwe.
DSTV eko yaba eyo tukalatamba na MUVI TV
A lot has bn tokd abt ZNBC. To be an impartial Broadcaster ZNBC must be privatised or let it go on Satelight so that we can subscribe lyk we do with Africa TV. ofcouse no one in power wud do that to its vuvuzela. Can HH,SATA and Others not use it lyk MMD is doing? please be reminded that there is a difference btwn a political party and the government.
You i.d.i.o.t.s who are saying ZNBC is better than the POST are you ok?ZNBC is funded by tax payers money the POST belongs to mmembe,he can support whoever he wants thats his business.Unless you say the K300O the govt collects should only be taken from MMD supporters then fine.Busy writing that mmembe is also biased, MMD chaps are very dull indeed !!!
TV Licence is K6,000 now and not K3,000. its too has gone up. pay for electicity bill you find the figure
this thing should just be sold. then tax payers will not be spending money on things they dont support
u can shut down ZNBC and we shall not miss anything..please dont say development a=only comes form govt..how dull ..this man!
this chap is a f o o . l. bcoz even him he doesnt watch this wack
simply covering for his damn job!! shame!!
Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Akio Egawa was supprised to find the same equipment japan helped with at the Mass Media’s inception hahahahaha.
The Ambassador was probably like darn, ain’t this the same equipment my grandfather used at Radio ikkido in okawa Japan hahahahahaha.
SAle ZNBC to China we will not miss it..Post is for Membe he can do what he wants no one pays him, but ZNBC is not for MMD only..
Why are we being forced to pay K6,000 TV levy when some of us hardly ever watch the unending trash on MMD’s ZNBC TV? We must organize ourselves and massively demonstrate against this daylight theft of our hard-earned money!! MISA where are you??
ZNBC has lost its credibility and its now used for three things.
1.As a propaganda tool for MMD
2.As a fundraising tool for MMD
3.As a campaign tool for MMD
THATS WHY CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IS COMING THIS YEAR!
This organisation is ROTTEN to the core. Useless!!
“A toad does not run in the day time 4 nothing”,so goes a west African proverb. Why doesnt pipo complen about Muvi? Your news is biased & pathetic to be honest! A spade must be called a spade.
I fail to understand why pipo cant swallow their pride, is it wrong to accept criticism? when people complain then there is a problem and ZNBC is too arrogant for that ,imagine everyday when i sit in front of my TV set towatch and listen to news only to be greeted by the same old and boring song of the MMD govt claims,,,,we are paying money for better programmes and fair coverage of issues please ba Diretcor am sure you are an educated man use your design and conceptual skills .
About 100% of the comments posted shows that people dont like ZNBC. Why then should we live in slavery by being forced to pay for something we dont even watch. Everyone is against it.
A chanllenge to ZNBC – go 1 week (7 days) without saying the words: “MMD”, “Ruling Party”, “Sata”, “HH” but instead use words such as “growth”, “devlopment”, “progress”, etc.
Just on week (7 days).
Oh so which Manifesto or developmental issue is Chanda Chimba III selling on our znbc for him to get airtime? Kuyabebele mmd…. zwaa
This guy is an a$$! Who in their right mind would believe this crap? Covering Edward Mumbi lying to us is news worthy to this a$$! WTF!
Na Muvi TV and 2011 game show yawamako
#21 I agree with you 100 percent!! Maikalange #48 They would suffocate. Its like you and I not having oxygen Max Mbizo #42 way to go. Lets protest against this unfair licence fee the way Tunisia has protested against oppression. Cant see a single blogger supporting ZNBC! Ministry of Information cant you get the message? Nobody wants this incompetent behemoth!!
Fwe bena zambia batubelesha pafula they we will just talk and not act period peace lovinving zeds indeed this is oppresssion elo chilupiya nga chawina back to unip days this is not negociable
What type of developmental issues does Chanda chimba MMD vuvuzela bring apart from hate?
Maybe this guy is new otherwise let him show any news or political rally held by the oppositon, Shikapwasha will fire him….
People let us throw ZNBC into the trash bin were it belongs!!!!! As for one, i would rather watch Africa Unite TV or MR Bean
ZNBC is being used as a tool to promote hatred and division in the country. ZNBC you should hold yourselves responsible to the Zambian people for propagating hatred for people who have created in God’s image, its time you preached love. Chanda Chimba is an agent of the devil and for sure he will reap what he is sowing and it will not be long, together with Gregory Cifire, Lifwekelo, Mumbi, Siulapwa. We Zambians are not fools the more you try to defame Sata, HH and father Bwalya we are beginnning to love them more. it should be called MMD station.
Allow the Oppsition to speak against the government we see if your job will last. Naiwe ka M’membe Post newspaper we are watching you with keen interest. You are busy campaigning for the spitting cobra whose life span is nearing the end. The truth is that all media is politically charged. Post, times, daily, monitor, ZNBC, Muvi, Mobi, Sky FM the list goes on. But imwe bena chachilamo mwe!
Fact is ZNBC is biased &is an arm of MMD publicity machinery. U guys shud abandon da UNIP propaganda mandate u folowd &stil folow
YOU MUST CHANGE THE SYSTEM NOW OR YOU WILL BE CAUGHT YOUR PANTS DOWN ZNBC. YOU ALWAYS FAVOUR MMD, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE EVEN MADE SATA VERY POPULAR THAN HE WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. I HAVE NEVER VOTED FOR PF BUT THE UPND. BUT THIS TIME I HAVE SEEN U HAVE DONE ALOT OF ADVERTS FOR SATA ALOT SO WHY NOT VOTE FOR PF.
Come on Mupeso thats nonsense………….any quack can come to your studio & utter nonsense as long as it favours the MMD,what do you take people for?
ZNBC you have duties to be fair coz you run on tax payers money.
# 13 Kalos 2121, Tell them!
# 18 VJ Rigger, you are an illiterate bigot who is dangerous to others and yourself! Biologists and the bible agree that human beings are capable of having sex for pleasure, read Psalms! Christians know that homosexuality is against Jehovah Gods orders and commandments, but we also know that we should love all humn beings despite their sinful lives.
# 42 you have my support please organise that demonstration and I will send some funds to buy bottled water and other neccesities for a peaceful match to parliament. ZNBC is a propaganga machine just like any broadcaster in a despotic and corrupt government. Is Chanda Chimba ready for a life outside Zambia in the case that the MMD loses this years elections? DG Musepo, you angered Zambians unanimously!!!!
Meanwhile, PLUS NEWS still has this story going, unlike ZNBC;
” TALC and Oxfam’s Civil Society Health Forum have called for the resignation of those in charge of the three principal recipient organizations at the time, including Elizabeth Mataka, executive director of the Zambian National AIDS Network (ZNAN) and a former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa.
Global Fund spokesperson Marcela Rojo said their audit found that ZNAN and the ministries of health and finance had misused $10.7 million of Global Fund money. To date, none of it has been repaid and the bodies responsible had told the Fund they could not repay any money until 2012.
The Global Fund audit of ZNAN alleged financial mismanagement that included the purchase of cars for personal use by ZNAN management, exorbitant…
Why should a normal person favour the MMD TV, we have been captives of peoples interests.
Using tax payers money to run MMD national TV and asking people to pay for TV is criminal compared to PVT which the president claims is criminal. MMD is all out in full force using every means to want to tarnish the image of SATA. people are able to know the reason why the man is so attacked and this is really campaigning for him. To hell with your MMD ZNBC. You bussy selling off campanies that benefit the people why not despose off MMD ZNBC because it is just a propaganda tool for failures.
CHAND CHIMBA, ENJOY TOO MUCH OF WHAT YOU ARE WORKING FOR AND IT IS A SHORT TIME BUT THE SUFFERING PERIOD WILL BE LONGER AND BITTER. YOU ARE INFECTING YOUR SELF WITH HIV/AIDS, IT WILL BE FULLY BLOWN VERY SOON. EVERY ONE IS WATCHING YOU. THE GOODNESS ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM IT PUTTING SATA ON TOP OF THE LIST.