Two state-owned media organisations, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and Zimbabwe Newspapers (Ltd), have allegedly refused to air or publish Z$1 million (approx. US$26,205) worth of advertising material, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesman Learnmore Jongwe was quoted in “The Daily News” as saying. In an interview with MISA-Zimbabwe, Jongwe said material submitted to Zimpapers […]
Two state-owned media organisations, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and Zimbabwe Newspapers (Ltd), have allegedly refused to air or publish Z$1 million (approx. US$26,205) worth of advertising material, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesman Learnmore Jongwe was quoted in “The Daily News” as saying.
In an interview with MISA-Zimbabwe, Jongwe said material submitted to Zimpapers three weeks ago appeared once in “The Herald” and “The Sunday Mail” on 12 and 13 March 2000 respectively. The MDC advertisements had been submitted through an advertising agency.
Material which consisted of the party’s five priorities and excerpts from its manifesto, in English, Nebele and Shona for all four ZBC’s radio channels, had been sent to the ZBC’s marketing department but nothing had been aired.
Jongwe said that on six occasions, twice by letter and the rest by phone, he tried to arrange for a meeting with Richard Mlambo, the corporation’s public relations manager, but all was in vain.
Mlambo professed ignorance about the corporationâs refusal to air MDC election campaign advertisements, adding that he was working with Jongwe in arranging a meeting.
