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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) chairman Tommy Sithole has reportedly told editors to openly declare support for ZANU PF before elections.<\/p>\n

Sithole told editors at a retreat in Victoria Falls last Thursday that they should not be \u201cashamed\u201d of supporting the ruling party, claiming this was a \u201cnational agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sithole, a former editor of The Herald, said even in developed countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, newspapers declare which candidate they will be supporting in an election. He said:<\/p>\n

We can do better, and we want to do the best we can to support the government, to support the system, because it\u2019s never something to be ashamed of to be supporting a government, to be supporting the party (ZANU PF).<\/p>\n

It happens everywhere, even in the United States and the United Kingdom that before elections, newspapers declare which candidate they are going to be supporting. It\u2019s not something that we\u2019re inventing, it\u2019s something that\u2019s there.<\/p>\n

The fact is that there\u2019s not a single editor in our entire system who is going to sit there and say I\u2019m going to do down the government.<\/p>\n

Zimpapers is majority-owned by the Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust on behalf of the public, with other shareholding held by private investors who bought shares on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n

Zimpapers, which has over a dozen publications, a printing division, radio stations and a TV licence, was bought from its South African owners with money donated by the Nigerian government in 1980.<\/p>\n

The ZANU PF government has allegedly controlled Zimpapers by manipulating board and editorial appointments to turn the country\u2019s biggest media group into a party mouthpiece.<\/p>\n

The secretary of the Zimbabwe Editors Forum, Njabulo Ncube criticised Sithole for his utterances.<\/p>\n

Ncube said it\u2019s not true that publicly-owned media organisations such as BBC and the SABC pick political parties during elections as they have a public duty to be neutral and fair in their reporting.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) chairman Tommy Sithole has reportedly told editors to openly declare support for ZANU PF before elections. 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