The ManicaPost
Tendai Gukutikwa
Post Reporter
THE broadcasting media has been challenged to play an integral part in the transformation and shaping of the social, democratic and economic processes of the country.
In a speech read on her behalf by Chief Director in her Ministry, Mr Jonathan Gandari, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa urged the broadcasting media to make the wheels of the economy turn.
She aired these sentiments during the ongoing four-day Strategic Planning Review Workshop which is being hosted by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) at Leopard Rock Hotel.
Minister Mutsvangwa said under the Second Republic, the role of the broadcasting media is crucial in national development.
“It is crucial that the broadcasting media contributes in national development as we mobilise the nation to put hands on the deck and collectively contribute towards the aspirations of an upper middle income society which will advance and improve the wellbeing of the people.
“The President, His Excellency, Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has made a clarion call for the media in general and the broadcasting media in particular to play such an integral role, as we build the country brick by brick and stone upon stone,” she said.
In an interview, BAZ Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Tendai Kapumha said the workshop is meant to unpack and review the strategy that they developed for 2021-2025 to ensure that in 2023, the authority will be effectively working and delivering on its mandate.
Attending the workshop are BAZ board members and staff, Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services officials and other stakeholders.
