The Daily News is on the way back!

Statement from the Daily News

To coincide with President Zuma’s visit today and tomorrow to Harare, the following series of teaser advertisements are appearing in the Zimbabwe media – although the government-owned media refused to accept the advertisements, as they argue that the Daily News is their competition!

And of course we are, and will certainly be in the coming months, as we work to ensure the sustainable and effective return of Zimbabwe’s independent daily newspaper to resume its trusted market-leading position and always ‘telling it like it is’. After all, freedom of expression and an independent media not government propaganda are the benchmarks of any serious democracy.

The visit to Harare of President Zuma, the current chair of SADC is important, since it provides a timely reminder that the Global Political Agreement signed up to by the political parties forming the Government of National Unity, is guaranteed by both the SADC and AU.

And of course the freeing up of the draconian media laws is an essential component of the GPA that needs to be implemented, with the successful return of the respected Daily News an essential confidence-building measure.

Keep watching this space!