Saturday, 10 March 2012

Media laws still haunting us

Webster Shamu was asked by the President and the Mutambara to revise the media laws specifically the Broadcasting Association Of Zimbabwe. Will this ever come to pass when Shamu is dragging his feet about the whole issue.  ZBC will continuously monopolise the airwaves as  the deadline Shamu was given is expiring next week. Will the Minister reform the law?Even if he may reform it, i guess it will be stringent and it will still be difficult for new entrepreneurs to enter the landscape. Although it is of concern and gratitude to note that the print media has been decentralised, I honestly but I do not think this will apply to the broadcast landscape.Broadcast has a lot of power than  print as it caters for the literacy levels than print.Therefore if the law is to be reformed it means they are ceding power., especially when we are nearing the elections, the media is a pertinent tool .Then again a lot of Zimbabweans have shifted to watch the South African channels from the free to air satellites. Therefore the purpose is to manipulate the remain few loyalists.

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