Journalist launches book in Gweru
THE fight against the country’s erstwhile colonisers is no longer hinged on the clout of the gun but the supremacy of the pen and journalists must tell the true Zimbabwean story in a bid to counter a hostile international media that continues to portray a negative picture in its reportage on the state of the country, a senior Zanu-PF official has said.
Addressing journalists and delegates during the Midlands launch of the book, Death of The Commissar at a Gweru hotel on Wednesday night, Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Cde Cornelius Mupereri called upon the media to exercise patriotism and stop “bombarding the country with propaganda being engineered from Washington”.
The book, Death of The Commissar was penned by journalist and The Herald Political Editor, Tichaona Zindoga.
“The battle front is no longer in the bushes where we exchanged fire with the enemy. Those international media organisations are very patriotic to their nations and you must also use the pen to tell the true Zimbabwean story. Our country has been portrayed as a war zone and this dates back to the early 2000s,” he said.
Meanwhile, Zindoga has hailed the media industry for working closely with him for the successful production of the book — a poetry anthology, influenced by his experiences as a journalist and an insight on contemporary issues in Southern Africa.
“Colleagues in the media industry have been helpful and I wish to thank colleagues from Zimpapers and The Patriot among a host of other media houses that have supported this project,” he said. The book has also been launched in Harare.