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Government has expressed concern at developments at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and has begun a process to establish the state of affairs at the institution after media reports that the employees had gone for five months without pay. The Deputy Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Cde Supa Mandiwanzira said this while responding to a question by Southerton MP Mr Gift Chimanikire (MDC-T) during the question and answer session in the National Assembly yesterday.
“The Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services is equally concerned about the developments at the national broadcaster but I must say we have had no representations from the ZBC board, management or the ZBC employees on what exactly is going on.
Deputy Minister Mandiwanzira said they were engaging ZBC and other parastatals under the ministry.
“We are engaging all the parastatals to understand what is going on and at this juncture we are establishing the state of affairs at ZBC and other parastatals that fall under the ministry,” he said.
He added: “We will do everything to make sure that our national broadcaster and its employees work in harmony and that it dispenses its duties as a national broadcaster.”
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