{"id":43423,"date":"2025-11-29T08:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43423"},"modified":"2025-11-29T08:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:31:09","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngugu-zuma-ncube-calls-out-media-after-her-photo-is-used-to-identify-the-wrong-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/29\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngugu-zuma-ncube-calls-out-media-after-her-photo-is-used-to-identify-the-wrong-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Gugu Zuma-Ncube calls out media after her photo is used to identify the wrong person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-187654\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gugu-Zuma-Ncube-calls-out-media-after-her-photo-is-used.jpg?resize=600%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gugu-Zuma-Ncube-calls-out-media-after-her-photo-is-used.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gugu-Zuma-Ncuba-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gugu Zuma-Ncube is demanding better from both the media and the public after discovering that her image was being circulated online to identify someone entirely different.<\/p>\n<p>The TV producer and creative said she was stunned to see her photo attached to posts referring to another woman, prompting her to publicly correct the error.<\/p>\n<p>In a firm Instagram post, she clarified the mix-up, writing, \u201cMy name is Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube, not Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube. Not sure why my picture is being widely circulated for a completely different human being. But such is the state of journalism in this country. Would a fact check hurt anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her message quickly sparked conversations about the growing issue of misinformation and careless reporting, especially in an era where a single photo can be shared thousands of times in minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Many online users echoed her concerns, noting how misidentifying someone can damage their reputation or cause unnecessary confusion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Gugu #ZumaNcube #calls #media #photo #identify #wrong #person<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Gugu Zuma-Ncube is demanding better from both the media and the public after discovering that her image was being&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43425,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43423\/revisions\/43425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}