Staff Reporter
MASVINGO – All has been set for the first Radio Festival, Zimbabwe that is being hosted by Great Zimbabwe University at the Hebert Chitepo Law School on Friday November 3, 2023.
The festival, which is the first of its kind, was organized as a platform where radio stations in Zimbabwe come together and celebrate their existence and the event coincides with a certificate handing over ceremony of producers as well as presenters from all 14 Community Radio Stations in Zimbabwe who were trained by GZU.
Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) Campus Radio Director Golden Maunganidze said preparations for the big day were at an advanced stage saying a number of activities were lined up for the event.
He went on to say as a university they were training presenters and other radio personnel from all community radios in Zimbabwe to perfect their skills for free.
“All has been set for tomorrow’s event, we have decided to commemorate the day at the same time handing over certificates to 14 radio personnel from all community radio stations in Zimbabwe that we have been training,” said Maunganidze.
He said as a University, following some researches, they saw that personnel in community radio stations needed to perfect their knowledge and skills in radio production hence decided to come in and train them in a bid to support the government’s niche of licensing more community radios.
He said the people who were trained were the first batch and the programme will continue on yearly basis as the university trains more people in different aspects.
“This is the first programme that we hope to continue every year at GZU. We have taken these radio personnel and trained them for free as the university’s habit to support all government programmes,” he said.
Maunganidze said they were expecting the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Jenfan Muswere and the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira among other dignitaries to grace the event.
A music bash at Mashava campus will be held after the event tomorrow and on Saturday they will go to Nemamwa where radio stations will be broadcasting live from there.
