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Zimbabwe's broadcasting industry converges at the Annual Broadcasters' Conference 2026, 17–18 June at @nustzim, Bulawayo. #ABC2026 #FutureOfBroadcasting #MediaInnovation

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@lmakombe @dhonzamusoro007 It is Cde Mark Dube the Munhumutaparas.

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Veteran freedom fighter the late Cde Kenny Ridzai speaks on the role of spirits in the struggle for independence. #Zim@44 #UnityPeace&Development.
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@mwaperekeni @dhonzamusoro007 @GeorgeCharamba2 @KupetaNoah1 @panganzira @tendaimanzvanz2 The Village is in good hands. Thanks.

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Cde Kenny Ridzai narrates an arm-bush on guerrilla fighters by the Rhodesia Forces in the struggle for independence. #Zim@44 #UnityPeace&Development.
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@mwaperekeni @dhonzamusoro007 @GeorgeCharamba2 @KupetaNoah1 @panganzira @tendaimanzvanz2 Yes I am from Ngaone, Chizvururu. I am the Village Head there.😂

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@dhonzamusoro007 😂😂😂😂

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The late National Hero Cde Kenny Ridzai Mabuya speaks about his first battle experience during the struggle for independence. #Zim@44 #UnityPeace&Development.
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The late National Hero Cde Kenny Ridzai Mabuya speaks on political orientation during the struggle for independence. #Zim@44 #UnityPeace&Development.
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https://t.co/bDgu3MFB2r ONE OF MY CENTRAL INITIATIVE AS PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY WAS TO REKINDLE THE SPIRIT OF STRUGGLE WHICH WANED IN INVERSE RELATION TO THE FORWARD MARCH OF TIME. BESIDES, MY WORKING MILIEU WAS SHAPED BY MANY WAR VETERANS IN OUR SECURITY STRUCTURES. ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE MILITARY WERE ALSO PLANNING CANNING KEY EVENTS AND BATTLES OF THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE. I THEN PUT TOGETHER A TEAM FROM ZIMPAPERS AND ZBC TO EXECUTE A MULTIMEDIA RE-NARRATIVIZATION OF EPISODES OF STRUGGLE AS REMINISCED BY ITS LIVING ACTORS. THE ZIMPAPERS TEAM WAS LED BY MUNYARADZI HUNI WHILE THE ZBC TEAM WAS LED BY TSODODO. WE MAPPED OUR ASSIGNMENT, DECIDING QUITE NATURALLY THAT MASHONALAND CENTRAL WOULD BE THE STARTING GROUND FOR THIS FAR-FLUNG PROGRAMME TO CAPTURE AND CAN MEMORIES OF STRUGGLE. HAPPILY FOR US, COMRADES IN CIO, POLICE AND ZDF PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE MAPPING. I SINGLE OUT GENERAL CHIWENGA, AIR MARSHAL PERRENCE SHIRI, COMMISSIONER CHIHURI, CDE KWAINONA AND MANY SERVING OFFICERS TOO MANY TO MENTION. SERVING OFFICERS IN THE CIO WERE PARTICULARLY DECISIVE IN SHAPING THE PROJECT. I DECIDED THE PROJECT WOULD NOT GET ITS NECESSARY UMPHS UNTIL I PERSONALLY GOT INVOLVED BY TAKING TO THE ROAD. RESOURCES WERE NEVER A PROBLEM; I WAS THE PS AS WELL AS SPOKESPERSON OF PRESIDENT MUGABE, AND THUS HAD THE MEANS AND AURA WITH WHICH TO EXECUTE THE PROJECT. WE SET OFF WEEKLY, TYPICALLY FROM TUESDAY. MONDAYS WERE BRIEFING DAYS WHICH FORCED OFFICE WORK ON ME. WE CANNED OUR FIRST SET OF INTERVIEWS, ALL FROM THE CENTENARY AREA. THEN WE PUBLISHED THESE, SUPPORTED BY PICTURES OF VETERANS OF THE STRUGGLE. SUNDAY MAIL WAS THE MAIN VEHICLE, THANKS TO EDITOR SASA WHO IMMEDIATELY SAW VALUE. AFTER THE FIRST TWO INTERVIEWS IN AS MANY WEEKS, THE Q&A SERIES WENT VIRAL. INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR COMRADES TO INTERVIEW, COMRADES WERE ACCOSTING US FOR INTERVIEWS. EVERYONE HAD A SLICE OF EXPERIENCE TO SHARE. WE RISKED GETTING OVERWHELMED. JUST AS WELL I HAD PERSONALLY DEPLOYED. WE DECIDED ON PERIODIZING OUR FIELD INTERVIEWS, LOCATING VETERANS BY SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE PIONEERING GENERATION OF THE 1960S. SOMETHING ELSE ADDED TO THE URGENCY: MANY COMRADES WHO CRITICALLY TYPIFIED EACH SUCCESSIVE GENERATION WERE GETTING OLD, A GOOD MANY OF THEM FRAIL AND/OR AILING. THE WAR HAD TAKEN ITS TOLL. IT WAS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO REACH THEM BEFORE THE RULE OF NATURE OVERTOOK US. WE LOST SOME, BUT MANY WE REACHED IN TIME. ANOTHER THREAT, ESPECIALLY WITH OLDER GENERATION OF FIGHTERS, WAS THE ONSET OF DEMENTIA. IT WAS PAINFUL TO REACH CDE MUKUDZEI MIDZI ALREADY IN THAT STATE. WE COULDN’T DRAW HIM OUT AND, BEFORE LONG, WE LOST HIM AND THE INVALUABLE NARRATIVE WITH WHICH HE WOULD BE BURIED. A BIG HURDLE RELATED TO OUR ZPRA FIGHTERS. THERE WAS INITIAL RELUCTANCE, MADE WORSE BY THE LAUNCH OF “ZAPU” UNDER LATE COMRADES DUMISO DABENGWA. WE KNEW WE WOULD NOT CRACK THAT ONE UNTIL WE INTERVIEWED KEY SURVIVING COMMANDERS. FORTUNATELY BOTH CDE DABENGWA AND MUTINHIRI AGREED TO TALK TO US. THEN OPPORTUNITIES OPENED UP, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS STILL LINGERING MISTRUST OF THE MEDIUM - THE HARARE-BASED SUNDAY MAIL! ADD TO THAT THE WARTIME RIVALRY OFTEN LEADING VERY VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN ZANLA AND ZIPRA, TYPICALLY AT MOROGORO AND MGAGAO, THEN YOU REALISE WE WERE WALKING A REAL MINEFIELD. I RESOLVED THIS HURDLE BY INTERESTING THE BULAWAYO-BASED SUNDAY NEWS. THE RESULT WAS SALUTARY; ZIPRA COMRADES STARTED TO BE FORTHCOMING, GIVING THE WHOLE PROJECT A SEAMLESS NATIONAL CHARACTER. A FURTHER HURDLE CAME BY WAY OF POST-WAR BITTERNESS BRED BY A PREVALENT SENSE OF NEGLECT FELT BY MANY VETERANS WHO HAD LEFT THE SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT OFTEN WITHOUT PROPER OR A SUFFICIENT DDR PROGRAMME. I REMEMBER A VETERANS COUPLE IN MASHONALAND CENTRAL’S CENTENARY AREA WHO WOULD NOT SPEAK TO US AT ALL. IT WAS TERRIBLE, EVEN FRIGHTFUL. THE INTENSITY OF POST-WAR FRUSTRATION WAS INCANDESCENT AND PALPABLE. YET ANOTHER HURDLE CAME FROM ROLES WHICH COMRADES PLAYED IN

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Ongoing joint celebrations of the International Day for Universal Access to Information and
World Postal Day in Chivi, Masvingo Province.
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Twasumpuka CRS gets ready for LIVE broadcasting after BAZ training. #UniversalAccessToInformation @nickmangwana @InfoMinZW @matthiastc1 @tsodaz2010 @rasquibos @ZacrasOnline @NACB263

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@Tinoedzazvimwe1 Khanyi arina manenji. Mugarire waro.

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@Tinoedzazvimwe1 Cde Chinodakufa aka Kefas Kaseke. A military genius who is a repository of liberation struggle history nuggets.

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The Board, Management and Staff of the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe extend heartfelt and sincere condolences to the Khumalo family, following the untimely death of Chief Mabhikwa (Vusimuzi Khumalo) in a road traffic accident on 22 May 2022. @nickmangwana @InfoMinZW

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Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board Member Chief Mabhikwa at the Authority ZITF stand. @vusumuzimabhik1 @InfoMinZW @matthiastc1 @vidzo5 @jungle90252119

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The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe team exhibiting at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo. @InfoMinZW @matthiastc1 @vidzo5

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The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe is exhibiting at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo. The Authority is exhibiting under the theme 'Broadcasting: Communication for Economic Development'. @InfoMinZW @matthiastc1