Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:44:34 +0000 THERE is a growing tendency among some politicians to shift goal-posts regarding their relationship with Zambian private media once the wind is not blowing in their direction. During first president, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda’s one-party state, the only privately owned print media was the National Mirror, a tabloid newspaper that was wholly owned by three church mother bodies, the Christian Council of Zambia (CCZ) now Council of Churches in Zambia, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC). Public media then comprised two broadsheet newspapers, the Zambia Daily Mail and Times of Zambia while Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) radio and television were the only form of electronic media. During that period most cabinet Ministers, MPs and other government officials did not want to make even a comment in the National Mirror fearing repercussions from the Party and its Government. Those days, Ministers, MPs and […]
WHEN THEIR GLASS HOUSES CRACK MINISTERS BEFRIEND PRIVATE MEDIA
