Behind the scenes: Isibaya, Zabalaza, Rockville
Friday, December 12, 2014
An outside view of Zabalaza set
Recently I experienced this as a part of a media group hosted by MultiChoice in Johannesburg, South Africa. The group comprised media people from Southern African countries that included Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
The trip offered a showcase for ‘journos’ into some of the top local productions on the Mzansi Magic Channels as well as others from M-Net.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...