AMH, Govt Patch Up
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) chairman Trevor Ncube yesterday described the media house as a patriotic stakeholder in the country, with a duty to help the country realise its long-awaited prosperity.
AMH are the publishers of NewsDay, The Standard and Zimbabwe Independent.
Ncube met Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, her deputy Energy Mutodi and the ministry’s permanent secretary
Ndavaningi “Nick” Mangwana yesterday to iron out differences after a public spat that included rogue Zanu PF supporters burning copies of the daily NewsDay and the weekly Zimbabwe Independent in the streets of Harare last week.
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| FROM LEFT: Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) chairman Trevor Ncube, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, her deputy Energy Mutodi, AMH chief operating officer Kangai Maukazuva and Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana pose for a group photo after a meeting at the ministry’s Munhumutapa Building offices in Harare yesterday |
Relations seemed to have nosedived after Mutodi suggested on microblogging platform Twitter that AMH had taken a negative attitude towards government by increasing the cover prices of its three titles.
Ncube described the meeting as fruitful.
“We are a mainstream media house that is patriotic and passionate about its country, and we are going to play our role in the reconstruction and development of this nation,” he said.
Ncube said as a media house, AMH was ready to play its part in rebuilding the sector and creating more jobs for journalists.
He said he despised having his company labelled an opposition media house, but would want to play a part in helping the country realise its full potential, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has consistently said.
“I think the bottom line is that we all have one country to serve and that country is Zimbabwe. We might differ on the pace at which things are going, but generally speaking, we are agreed on the direction and destination where we are all going,” he said.
“We want to go to a place where there is prosperity for everybody, as the President says.”
Ncube described the meeting as fruitful.
“We are a mainstream media house that is patriotic and passionate about its country, and we are going to play our role in the reconstruction and development of this nation,” he said.
Ncube said as a media house, AMH was ready to play its part in rebuilding the sector and creating more jobs for journalists.
He said he despised having his company labelled an opposition media house, but would want to play a part in helping the country realise its full potential, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has consistently said.
“I think the bottom line is that we all have one country to serve and that country is Zimbabwe. We might differ on the pace at which things are going, but generally speaking, we are agreed on the direction and destination where we are all going,” he said.
“We want to go to a place where there is prosperity for everybody, as the President says.”
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