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source: Mmegi
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer

FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana government has reportedly instructed state media to expose the goings-on in Zimbabwe to the international community.

Mmegi is reliably informed that the directive was issued following a cabinet meeting. The meeting resolved that the Zimbabwean crisis should be exposed to the international community. The directive has been communicated to the government departments of Information Services and Broadcasting Services. A senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said yesterday that a directive has been issued to state media to report extensively on the Zimbabwean crisis. Mmegi can confirm that even the attitude of government officials suggests that they are acting on strict instructions to expose the goings-o n in Zimbabwe For the first time, the public and private press were invited to interview asylum seekers openly at the Centre for Illegal Immigrants in Francistown yesterday.

The place has almost been ‘out of bounds’ to newshounds. But recently it has been freely accessible to the media.

Meanwhile, senior government officials have claimed ignorance of the directive to report proactively on [continue reading]