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Zimbabwe media dragged back to the Rhodesian era
04 May 2015 at 15:54hrs | Views
Zimbabwe's media is under siege and has been dragged back to the colonial era under the Rhodesia government, a newspaper publisher Ibbo Mandaza told journalists during a World Press Freedom Day commemorations in Harare on Monday morning, News24 reported.
Mandaza used to publish the now defunct Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror and he is also the director of think-tank Southern African Political and Economic Series Trust.
"Zimbabwe media is under siege, we have been taken back to Rhodesian period, the state is now ruling without being accountable to people.
"There is too much censorship of the media, especially state-owned media houses. Look at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), it is now like Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation (RBC), I mean everything broadcasted there is being censored by the state," said Mandaza.
"We have a state which has come with a very strong law and order department to deal with any democratic voices," Mandaza added.
Mandaza used to publish the now defunct Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror and he is also the director of think-tank Southern African Political and Economic Series Trust.
"There is too much censorship of the media, especially state-owned media houses. Look at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), it is now like Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation (RBC), I mean everything broadcasted there is being censored by the state," said Mandaza.
"We have a state which has come with a very strong law and order department to deal with any democratic voices," Mandaza added.
Source - News24