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Namibian minister hails Mugabe
03 Jun 2016 at 06:27hrs | Views
Namibian Minister of Information and Communication Technology Mr Tjekero Tweya has hailed President Mugabe's education policy, saying that it has managed to keep Zimbabwe afloat despite economic challenges.
Speaking after touring Zimpapers and ZBC, Mr Tweya urged Zimbabweans to capitalise on their education to fight the economic challenges.
"One thing that President Mugabe did is that he invested in education for all Zimbabweans. That is a strategic thing and I think it is his life time commitment," said Mr Tweya.
"Believe me, I have been around sometime. Had it not been for that (education) Zimbabwe with all these challenges would have not been where it is today. This is why we still have three to four million Zimbabweans out there," he said.
He said some of the successful small to medium enterprises in Namibia were owned by Zimbabweans.
"The education that you have, you must capitalise on it."
Minister Tweya also urged African governments to make information accessible to their citizens to enable them to make informed decisions, saying that they needed to know what the governments they voted into power were doing.
"If they are not happy after five years, they will make the same informed decision. But if they do not have access to information in terms of the government programme, it will be difficult for them to judge the performance of the governments they have voted into power," he said.
"Therefore, we must do everything we can to make that information accessible to them," he said.
Minister Tweya first toured Herald House in the Harare CBD before he went to Natprint and Star FM. At Herald House, he was briefed about the history of Zimpapers by the group chief executive Mr Pikirayi Deketeke.
Mr Deketeke gave a brief summary of the 12 newspapers, two magazines, two radio stations and a television station owned by the stable.
He said in the past newspaper companies were not allowed by law to venture into electronic media.
He said after the laws were changed, Zimpapers was the first to own a commercial radio, Star FM.
"We have done well and we are seeing a lot of opportunity in the electronic media. We have looked for opportunities and we will continue looking for opportunities," he said.
The Deputy Minister for Information, Communication and Technology and Courier Services Win Mlambo said he was delighted by Mr Tweya's visit as this would strengthen relations between the two countries.
"We don't have the same set up here as in Namibia, but we explore certain areas that we feel we might work together. We are very certain that we can work together and we will work together in a number of areas," he said.
Speaking after touring Zimpapers and ZBC, Mr Tweya urged Zimbabweans to capitalise on their education to fight the economic challenges.
"One thing that President Mugabe did is that he invested in education for all Zimbabweans. That is a strategic thing and I think it is his life time commitment," said Mr Tweya.
"Believe me, I have been around sometime. Had it not been for that (education) Zimbabwe with all these challenges would have not been where it is today. This is why we still have three to four million Zimbabweans out there," he said.
He said some of the successful small to medium enterprises in Namibia were owned by Zimbabweans.
"The education that you have, you must capitalise on it."
Minister Tweya also urged African governments to make information accessible to their citizens to enable them to make informed decisions, saying that they needed to know what the governments they voted into power were doing.
"If they are not happy after five years, they will make the same informed decision. But if they do not have access to information in terms of the government programme, it will be difficult for them to judge the performance of the governments they have voted into power," he said.
"Therefore, we must do everything we can to make that information accessible to them," he said.
Minister Tweya first toured Herald House in the Harare CBD before he went to Natprint and Star FM. At Herald House, he was briefed about the history of Zimpapers by the group chief executive Mr Pikirayi Deketeke.
Mr Deketeke gave a brief summary of the 12 newspapers, two magazines, two radio stations and a television station owned by the stable.
He said in the past newspaper companies were not allowed by law to venture into electronic media.
He said after the laws were changed, Zimpapers was the first to own a commercial radio, Star FM.
"We have done well and we are seeing a lot of opportunity in the electronic media. We have looked for opportunities and we will continue looking for opportunities," he said.
The Deputy Minister for Information, Communication and Technology and Courier Services Win Mlambo said he was delighted by Mr Tweya's visit as this would strengthen relations between the two countries.
"We don't have the same set up here as in Namibia, but we explore certain areas that we feel we might work together. We are very certain that we can work together and we will work together in a number of areas," he said.
Source - the herald
