One of the privately owned radio, Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) has launched a manhunt for the people behind a fake Zodiack facebook accounts, publishing false stories.

The fake Zodiack accounts has been carrying out unverified stories for close to one year now and many thought it’s for the multi-award winning media institution which has 80 percent listenership countrywide.

Speaking in an interview with the press, Director of News at ZBS Teleza Ndanga said investigations are in progress on the matter.

“Zodiak Broadcasting Station is condemning this malpractice by some people who are stealing the identity Zodiak on facebook. The unfortunate part is that, apart from just stealing that identity, they are also publishing false news.

“We would like to appeal to our listeners, our followers on facebook, our readers on zodiakmalawi.com that they should ensure that the stories that they are reading or are resending to friends or recirculating are only legitimate that are coming from the real Zodiak Broadcasting Station,” said Ndanga.

Ndanga has advised ZBS followers on facebook to make sure that the page has over 250000 likes and has links that would direct them to Zodiak website, among other features.