Abuse of public media in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is being accused of deception on the US part after its Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai toured the world for three-weeks trying to convince rich Western countries that there is light at the end of tannel in the new unity government in his country.

It is worring that when Mrogan return home find different messages from state owned media like the Chronicle and Herald who now paint him a combrade and trying to monetize Zimbabwe in a small basket in raising state needed funds. This sort of criticism seem to emerge from President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF officials who still remain hostile and unpatritic to the unity government.

In reactions to these kind of thinking and growing attention to influence less service to Prime Minister Tsvangirai, he thought for the formation of his own publication to communicate what is currently unfolding in Zimbabwe.

As citizen outside Zimbabwe, but neighbouring South Africa and wanting to see Zimbabweans back into the mainstream economy and the world. We are concern that some forces within the country have no interest in creating space for all Zimbabweans to work together. Why make me a prime minister when you have no interest in reporting of what I do for you? Why not consider me a leader?

According to the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) report, people "linked to ZANU PF" continued to indulge in "abuse of public media". It is worrying us in the global South that instead of Zimbabwean press critically examining Morgan' travel from abroad, the state owned media choose to lebel his efforts and merely discredited his intention directed at him personally rather than his effort towards the unity government. This approach from the press is very worrying and sickening.

It is our understanding that the press in a developmental stage should raise above politiking and report news as objevtively as possible without biase and hinderance. We call along state owned media to take total responsibility by being fair, accurate, balance and independent as well as critical in reporting governnance issues in Zimbabwe.