DStv channel encourages filmmakers to provide content
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Dzinoraeva
The channel head, Addiel Dzinoraeva, said it was launched mid last year and it was the first time for the channel head to visit Botswana. This came as an opportunity for local filmmakers to interact one on one as well as get first hand information on the kind of content the channel is looking for.
Speaking at the mini-conference Dzinoraeva said that Zambezi Magic gives a platform that tells genuine local stories more than any other channel on DStv.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...