Gaborone to address Studio 7 issue

anti-Zimbabwe programmes mainly to the South western parts of Zimbabwe as part of the West’s illegal regime change agenda
The Studio 7 transmitter is in Botswana.
Botswana Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Mr Phandu Skelemani said he would engage the responsible minister to have the issue addressed.
Mr Skelemani said this in an interview with journalists soon after attending the 11th session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Joint Permanent Commission in Harare.
The issue of pirate radio stations is one of the outstanding issues in the implementation of the GPA.
Botswana has in the past refused to denounce the pirate broadcasts.
“Everything that will have a negative impact on Zimbabwe and Botswana is subject to review. We can’t have something that contradicts the spirit of our two countries,” Mr Skhelemani said. “I will discuss with the minister responsible. The minister is not here today.”
The issue on media is one of the items listed in the communiqué signed by both countries yesterday as one area that needs co-operation.
Mr Skelemani said they had agreed during the Joint Commission meeting to deal with all impediments that might hinder co-operation between the two countries.
Earlier during the meeting, Mr Skelemani had hinted that his maternal roots could be traced back to Zimbabwe. He said his village was just a few kilometres from the Plumtree Border Post.