Source: The Herald – Breaking news.
Wallace Ruzvidzo in BULAWAYO
Speaking at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Media Indaba, held under the theme, “Information Democratisation Increased Innovation and Industrialisation,” here yesterday, VP Mohadi said the Second Republic would ensure there was press freedom.
Evidence of this, he said, was the continuous licencing of various media outlets in the sector.
Ever since President Mnangagwa’s administration took over, several players in the broadcasting industry had been licenced after the country’s airwaves were freed.
Delegates follow proceedings during the Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) indaba on land matters at a hotel in Bulawayo yesterday. Inset: Zimpapers chief executive officer Mr Pikirayi Deketeke welcomes delegates to the conference.
“This year’s indaba is being held hardly a week after independence celebrations, as a result, I hope that the celebrations here will reflect on the seminal value of our liberation struggle and how the media should be positioned to defend the gains of our liberation struggle.
“To this end, it is no coincidence that under the leadership of His Excellency, the President of Zimbabwe, Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former monopoly of the national broadcaster has been broken through the licencing of various television stations and community radio stations,” he said.
Stakeholders follow proceedings at the launch of the National Forest Policy in Bulawayo yesterday. — Pictures: Eliah Saushoma.
“The continued increase in the broadcast spectrum also offers optimism for the sector’s growth. The media should play a unifying role to our people, debunking the notions of tribalism, racism and many others that have created artificial barriers for our much-needed national unity as desired by the founding fathers of this nation,” he said.
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