People living in these communities are not getting information because there are no newspapers or mobile vans to deliver up to date news about the things going in their country.
Chikowore, who was speaking on the side-lines of a meeting organised by UNICEF, said that the ministry was hamstrung by capital constraints.
“We do not have a single mobile van. We used to be able to take news to the people and provide platforms to watch the cinema,” said Chikowore.
Soon after independence the government of Zimbabwe used community newspapers to educate people who were not exposed to the conventional methods of communication, but this is no longer the case as the ZIANA community newspapers have been reduced to propaganda by Zanu (PF).
“We are worried by the situation as we do not have the infrastructure to make sure that people in the rural areas learn about what is really going on,” said Chikowore.
Rural communities in Zimbabwe are often marginalised and left out of current affairs.
Calls for the government to introduce community radio stations have so far been ignored and Chikowore once again justified the delay by saying that it was important to first establish whose interests would be served by the issuance of the licenses.
Post published in: Zimbabwe News