The single greatest failure of current punditry is the refusal to recognise that context matters.
The minister of information has initiated a purge at the Zimbabwe broadcaster but staff say he must also stop it from acting as a Zanu-PF mouthpiece.
Jonathan Moyo, the ZBC’s new information and publicity minister has sparked hope in employees that the station can be turned around.
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/ 10 October 2007
An American citizen arrested by police in Zimbabwe and charged with smuggling was free to leave the country after paying a fine, a US embassy official said on Tuesday. Leslie Francis Howell Jr, from Florida, was arrested at Victoria Falls airport when he tried to board a plane with two pistols and 300 rounds of ammunition.