Describing the countrys media landscape as a wasteland, the report, Taking Stock: Southern Africa Media Progress Study (Zimbabwe), said the publicly-funded media was not fulfilling its mandate because of political interference.
Zimbabweans remain overfed on government propaganda.
The countrys media wasteland is further demonstrated by the fact that though Zimbabwes constitution guarantees all citizens the right to freedom of expression and information the public media is still shackled to political control, still enjoys a de facto monopoly of the news market and present a narrow perspective of the Zimbabwean story, in complete violation of their mandate to serve all shades of national opinion, said the 129-page study. Gender Links blasts the authorities for failing to honour their commitments under the Global Political Agreement (GPA) of 2008, where they promised to enhance media freedom.
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