On September 3 2004, a new regional newspaper, “The Southern Times”, was launched in the Zimbabwean resort town of Victoria Falls following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on media cooperation between Zimbabwe and Namibia. The MOU between the two countries was signed in February this year culminating in the joint venture between Zimpapers whose flagship is The Herald, and the New Era of Namibia, which will give birth to the Southern Times project.
Zimbabwe/Namibia Alert
September 6, 2004
Zimbabwe/Namibia launch regional paper
On September3 2004, a new regional newspaper, “The Southern Times”, was launched in the Zimbabwean resort town of Victoria Falls following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Media Corporation between Zimbabwe and Namibia.
The MOU between the two countries was signed in February this year culminating in the joint venture between Zimpapers whose flagship is The Herald, and the New Era of Namibia, which will give birth to the Southern Times project.
The MOU was signed by the Minister of Information and Publicity in the President’s Office Professor Jonathan Moyo and his Namibian counterpart, Nangolo Mbumba.
The 24-page broadsheet which was published in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, was edited by the current assistant Herald editor Moses Magadza.
Speaking at the review meeting of the MOU in Harare on September 1, Mumbai urged the media
to stop spending time looking for enemies but work towards developing and motivating the people to counter what “the region’s adversaries are smearing on us”.
“Let us put all our attention on producing this paper and by the time that our detractors believe that they have derailed our plans, our job would be done,” said.
The two ministers said the media should not rely on western news agencies for reportage of events in the respective countries.
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