Plenty of food in Zim, says New Era MD

THE head of the Government bi-weekly newspaper, New Era, has commended Zimbabwe’s new farmers saying Namibians had a lot to learn from them.

Protasius Ndauendapo, who is heading a three-member delegation to Harare, was quoted by Zimbabwe’s official Herald newspaper as saying:”What we read in the media is not what we saw during our drive into the country [Zimbabwe]. We saw a beautiful country with plenty of food.”Ndauendapo’s delegation to Zimbabwe consists of New Era editor Rajah Munamava and acting manager for support services, Archie Kuhanga.Ndauendapo, who drove into Zimbabwe with his two colleagues, through Botswana, said he was impressed by the amount of agricultural commodities he saw on the market along the highway.The trio paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe’s Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo on Tuesday.According to the Herald, the visit was a follow-up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on media co-operation signed between the governments of Zimbabwe and Namibia in February.Ndauendapo said New Era was looking at the possibility of operating joint ventures with Zimpapers, which publishes the Herald and other government newspapers.He said the joint ventures could be in the areas of news exchange, personnel training, newspaper publication and attachments of staff from the two organisations to either Namibia or Zimbabwe.”It is a very noble idea and we feel it is better for us to pool our resources together.The bottom line is to ensure our operations benefit from the process,” Ndauendapo was quoted by the Herald as saying.The Namibian delegation was expected to deliberate further on the areas of co-operation at a meeting yesterday with its Zimpapers counterparts.Moyo said it was a welcome move that the media in the two countries were collaborating on an endeavour to tell the stories of the two countries from an informed view point.He said it was to the advantage of the citizens of the two countries that they would read the correct sequence of events.The minister said it was important to note that the Memorandum of Understanding was now operational.We saw a beautiful country with plenty of food.”Ndauendapo’s delegation to Zimbabwe consists of New Era editor Rajah Munamava and acting manager for support services, Archie Kuhanga.Ndauendapo, who drove into Zimbabwe with his two colleagues, through Botswana, said he was impressed by the amount of agricultural commodities he saw on the market along the highway.The trio paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe’s Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo on Tuesday.According to the Herald, the visit was a follow-up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on media co-operation signed between the governments of Zimbabwe and Namibia in February.Ndauendapo said New Era was looking at the possibility of operating joint ventures with Zimpapers, which publishes the Herald and other government newspapers.He said the joint ventures could be in the areas of news exchange, personnel training, newspaper publication and attachments of staff from the two organisations to either Namibia or Zimbabwe.”It is a very noble idea and we feel it is better for us to pool our resources together.The bottom line is to ensure our operations benefit from the process,” Ndauendapo was quoted by the Herald as saying.The Namibian delegation was expected to deliberate further on the areas of co-operation at a meeting yesterday with its Zimpapers counterparts.Moyo said it was a welcome move that the media in the two countries were collaborating on an endeavour to tell the stories of the two countries from an informed view point.He said it was to the advantage of the citizens of the two countries that they would read the correct sequence of events.The minister said it was important to note that the Memorandum of Understanding was now operational.