EleZimbabwe limanyane lamanye amazwe omhlaba ukunanza usuku oluqakathekisa imisebenzi yentathelisindaba olwe World Press Freedom Day, intathelizindaba elizweni zikhalaza ngokuqhubeka zihlukunyezwa ngendlela ezehlukeneyo nxa ziqhuba umsebenzi wazo.
Lesi simo sibangele ukuthi ezinye iziphathamandla zenhlanganiso zabo nozindaba zithi zifisa ukungena umhlangano lomongameli welizwe zimethulele izikhalazo zazo ngoba zisithi sesiside isikhathi zikhuluma ngodaba lunye kodwa kungekho ozilalelayo.
Emkhosini owenzelwe e Harare Polytech College ngoLwesithathu, lezi ziphathamandla zithe lokhu kukhahlamezwa kuza kuvelela kizo zonke inhlangothi elizweni; ezombusazwe, amapholisa, osomabhizimusi labanye.
Umhleli wephephandaba le Daily News, uMnu. Stanely Gama, nguye oqale udaba lokuba kudingakale ukubonana loMongameli Robert Mugabe.
Umsekeli womphathintambo wogatsha lwezokuthapha indaba lokusakazwa kwazo, uNkosikazi Thokozile Angeline Mathuthu nguye obengumhlonitshwa kulomkhosi. Uze emele umphathintambo walolugatsha uDr. Chris Mushowe.
UMathuthu utshele lumbuthano oqoqwe langokukhokhelwa ngabenhlanganiso yabahleli bezindaba ye National Editors' Forum (ZINEF) ukuba uhulumende uyaqakathekisa umsebenzi wentathelizindaba ngoba usabalalisa imibiko njalo uphathisa intuthuko yelizwe.
UMathuthu uthe kungalesi sizatho okwenza ezokhweza kwabaphezulu kwakhe isicelo sentathelizindaba sokufuna ukubonana loMugabe.
Usole kakhulu abahlukumeza intathelizindaba lapho ziqhuba umsebenzi wazo kungakhathalekile ukuba ngubani.
Umbuthano walonyaka wenziwa ngaphansi kwendikimba ye United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), esithi,“ Critical Minds for Critical Times: The Media’s role in advancing a peaceful, just and inclusive Zimbabwe ”.
Lendikimba ichazwe njengeze ngesikhathi esiyiso kuleli,lapho ilizwe libhekane lobunzima obutshiyeneyo,sekulungiselelwa ukhetho ngomnyaka ozayo.
Kesizwe osebenza kuhlangothi lwezokukhulumisana lozulu enhlanganisweni ye UNESCO, (UNESCO Communications Adviser), uMnu. Hezekiel Nhlanhla Dlamini, exazulula okumunyethwe yindikimba yombuthano yalonyaka.
UDlamini uthi lindikimba iqondane lokuba zizibuze intathelizindaba ukuba ziloba ngendlela eyiyo na lapho ziphakulela uzulu ezikuthaphayo.
Ungenwe yiziphathamandla ezivele kunhlanganiso ezimela intathelizindaba,ezivele kwabogatsha lukahulumende lwezokwethulwa kwezindaba, abe UNESCO kanye lezinye inhlanganiso ezikumanyano wamazwe omhlaba, eye United Nations.
Bezikhona lezifundi ezivele kuzikolo zemfundo yaphezulu eziqhuba izifundo zokuthapha izindaba,okubalisa ese Harare Polytechnical College, iUniversity of Zimbabwe kunye le Christian College of Southern Africa.