Analysis - With elections looming, private media, once staunch critics of the ruling party, are increasingly open to elite persuasion.
state infiltration in the local media. The leaked report raised disturbing questions about how far the Mnangagwa regime has penetrated both the newsroom and the boardroom at AMH and elsewhere.
"Within our societies, issues of media capture require investing in investigative journalism. Because they are now taking complex, dangerous forms, you can't see them by just scraping the surface," says MISA Zimbabwe National Director, Tabani Moyo."Without a robust business model, media is vulnerable to the vicissitudes of capture, hence the need to fireproof it.
Selling off his stake in the M&A in 2017, Ncube embraced Mnangagwa's rise to the presidency, becoming a member of the Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council. His unsuccessful bid to secure a broadcasting license cooled off the relationship and left the AMH financially vulnerable.a 39 percent stake in AMH, effectively opening the media house to state capture. The takeover, while likely ensuring the survival of the media stable, is a Faustian bargain.
"The political economy of the state-owned and controlled media in Zimbabwe shows that media capture is deeply rooted in the country. The Herald and state television, for instance, are used by the Zanu PF leaders and sympathisers to propagate their hegemonic and ideological narratives. These platforms act as political campaign posters for Zanu PF. They always push the narrow agendas of Zanu PF," says Sauti.
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