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ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation has re-assigned some of its managers as part of an ongoing restructuring exercise at the country’s sole public broadcaster.General manager news and current affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza has been appointed general manager- Productions and Televisions services.
Mandizvidza’s former position will remain vacant until the board replaces him.
Head-radio services Christopher Chivinge has been appointed Head- News and Current Affairs while Josephine Zulu who held that position will head Radio Services.
The reshuffling comes as ZBC has over the last few months been under fire from government after it went through a serious leadership and managerial crisis which compromised its capacity to effectively and meaningfully discharge its mandate.
ZBC corporate communications manager Gladman Farai Bandama said the General Manager’s position is for the mean time vacant and the new board would sit and interview the relevant person for the post.
“The re-assignments come against challenges that have faced the Corporation and the need to continue exploring means and ways to improve programming. The reassignments are therefore aimed at creating synergies and opportunities for improving all aspects of the operations of the Corporation,” he said.
Bandama said the reassignments are targeting systems which currently need improvement before the completion of the forensic audit.
“While the audit is continuing you don’t sit around when they are performance issues which needs to be addressed. What we can resolve with the information we have. The forensic audit will only help to inform a permanent decision,” he said.
The national broadcaster failed to pay workers for several months.
The Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Ministry has recently been working to improve the performance of the parastatal.
The Comptroller and Auditor-General appointed KPMG Chartered Accountants (Zimbabwe) to conduct a forensic and turnaround audit of ZBC.
The firm is expected to submit a comprehensive audit report to the Auditor-General by the end of this month.
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