Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said last week that Shamu was given a three week ultimatum to reconstitute the illegal boards of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe and the Mass Media Trust.
The deadline, if this order is obeyed, is Monday March 12.
This order was apparently handed down after a meeting with Tsvangirai’s coalition partners, Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, last week Monday. The three all ‘agreed’ that these reforms must be implemented urgently.
But there are doubts that this will happen and some observers have already dismissed this latest ultimatum in the unity government’s history as a non event.
Most recently, an ‘agreement’ reached by the three principals over the position of national police chief turned out to be in words only, when ZANU PF went ahead and reappointed Augustine Chihuri until at least 2014. This was despite ZANU PF leader Mugabe allegedly agreeing with Tsvangirai and Mutambara that Chihuri would remain in an acting position only until an agreed replacement was found. – SW Radio Africa News
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Accepting media reforms is openly warranting ZANU-PF defeat in the forth coming elections. I cannot see how Press/Media freedom can be allowed to other parties other than ZANU-PF only so that ZANU -PF could be undone in all its unbecoming political activities. They will not give this on a golden plate as they are not prepared to hand over all what they have amassed and also look forward to in the near future.