Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary, Amos Malupenga has told the media to desist from concentrating only on politics at the expense of other equally urgent and challenging issues affecting peoples’ lives, Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary.
Mr Malupenga was speaking at the launch of the construction of a house as part of commemorating this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in Lusaka today.
“More often than not, the media tends to over-amplify and over concentrate on politics at the expense of other urgent and challenging issues affecting peoples’ lives,” he said.
He urged the media to use its power and influence positively by focusing society’s attention on the plight of the under-privileged, the under-clothed, under-fed and under sheltered in communities among other important issues.
Mr Malupenga encouraged the media to tackle different issues and associate themselves with the community by involving the less privileged in their coverage.
He reiterated Government’s commitment to creating a conducive environment for the growth of a free, independent and professional media that would positively contribute to national development.
“The gesture is commendable as it symbolises the fact that good journalism goes far and beyond the role of informing, educating and entertaining the public to influence and effecting change in people’s lives for better,” he said.
His head, does that make him think more?
I can stand a black man, saying that this is plain journalist who probably has not even got a degree
Thanks
I agree with you Mushota, this man is a mere chancer from Bwinjimfumu road without a degree but a mere diploma from a poor run college with below average lecturers. He is one of the 37 cadres from The Post newspaper who have god jobs after running smear campaigns and trying to blind fold the massess. Is one the boys at State House Chella and Nsama and others in embassies world over.
Can`t agree more.Hope the ZWD will heed this advice.
Why are you worried with ZWD? Malupenga is now aware that his POST cannot and I repeat CANNOT match the ZWD in digging deeper for true political news. Machuwa wawa! Maluipenga, go and tell BWINJIMFUMU PAPER and stop generalising when you know who to tell. It is the POST who should change their thinking!
but he used to do that as well..let him tell his boss at the post first
ba malupenga,
i thought all those that you have listed are centred around politics and are influenced by the same.
you will definetely need political will to overcome all of those short comings.
so lets all urge our govt of the day to work extra hard for the under prevaleged.
@mature,, you have shocked me!!!!..today you are not throwing stones at UPND,, you are throwing stones at your own malupenga in your own PF camp. Are you following father bwalya`s foot steps???
ndobo, sorry ma bro,
read thru ma comments again.
am only advising my malupenga on what he insinuated.
not that am throwing stones at pf, no, never.
What focussing mambala when you as govt are busy doing wrong things in the name developing the country. the whole govt including Sata are wrong pipo in govt.stop the nosense and we will let you alone.mambala
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU…
Mr Mulupembwa, you want to keep us in the dark so that we wont know how you guys are feasting on public monies? We keeping our eyes on you, we are your bosses, remember, you guys are public servants!
Start with the editorials at the POST Newspaper that target one politician day in and day out. Tell them to also cover other things in their editorials. That would be the best place to start from. The rest , as they say, shall be history
Its a gud move if znbc and post would lead example!
Otherwise its rubish nd futile speech
Marubish ba Malupenga, baalipwa. No longer vibrant, what happened? Corrupted by power. We shall keep watching on you, ZWD and LT do not listen to this, go ahead and expose these magots who continue resigning and causing by-elections. This is the money which was supposed to go to the poor.
He is shoving acts of aberration but in vanity. Tasked to divert a spirited and vigilant citizenry from exposing a counterfeit regime, sorry Zambians not giving a break because PF has a trail of alarming failures by every measure only non-patriots can buy it.
Good observation.I`m also sick en tired of these online publications and their cheap politics.Some have even sunk as low as accusing some party’s of being witches and satanists.
Do you read the POST editorials? You may be fed with the ZWD and LT but at the same time ignore those stupid POST editorials. Infact, ZWD and LT are even better than the POST. Malupenga should give such advice to his former boss at the POST. Malupenga lives in a glass house but is in the habit of throwing stones.
More than true!other stuff to report on than the nonsence in politics.
Address it directly to the POST Bwana PS. Every day HH this HH that. Corrupting and twisting what the man has said or hasn’t said. Moral teachers that are themselves not akin with morals. Always seeking to view perceived,imaginary or real enemies through jaundiced eyes. Aim your shots also at the trainers of journalists at Evelyn Hone and UNZA. Where are the genius products in the likes of John Mukela, Patu Simoko and Charles Mando? Why is it that just across the borders in RSA, Bostwana and Namibia you have this vibrant species of scribes that are marvelous to watch and listen to. Here none!
awe bane, are u so full that u talk only through the mouth. you said, malumpenga, that online media should update their facts everyday. is znbc online?
Editor, whilst appreciating your right to edit or moderate comments, I sometimes find it unfair that harmless comments have to wait for hours on end to make it across the line to be heard. Moderate your moderation. You risk losing or stifling valuable contributions as writers will always have to struggle to fit in with your ‘preferences’. The result; diluted and uninteresting views in order to ‘make it’. I pray this won’t be moderated.
MaluTrumpet, many issues going wrong in Zambia are wrapped in politics. Media should be given the freedom of reporting just as Gays in Zambia need to be accepted.
Amos Malupenga I hope you are not banned from State House as Sata is allergic to men with shaven heads.
Malupenga, are you bored in your job??? YOURS IS TO DISSEMINATE INFO with Zambia Information Services as PS kwasila!!!!! Govt controlled media – well they have their CEO’s & Boards of directors (You might be on the board) whom they receive directions from. What THE REST OF THE MEDIA FOCUS ON is none of your business!!!!!!
Politics in ZED AFFECTS ALL AREAS OF LIFE – that’s free advice for you!!!
“He urged the media to use its power and influence positively by focusing society’s attention on the plight of the under-privileged, the under-clothed, under-fed and under sheltered in communities among other important issues.”
Excuse me, but the “plight of the under-privileged” IS politics. As the Permanent Secretary may recall, PF promised to fix all of that…. within 90 days!!! How is that going by the way?
After you have found comfort amongst politicians then u want others to stop covering your mediocrity. u should have done it yourself first when u were at the post. dah!
you are asking media not sell! what sold your post? is it not politics? what affects the people and is not politics? speak after you have thought!
Look who is talking!!!!. You, as Post managing Editor set the precendence. Mwanawasa tried to advise you that politics should be left for the Election time, Did you listen?. You reap what you sow, BABA.
“Malupenga tells media to focus less on politics but other issues affecting people’s lives” you fo.ol. politics affect every other facet of human life.
In my view I think Malupenga is right. The media is too preoccupied with politics to bring the suffering of the masses to the fore. There is a lot of suffering and poverty in the rural areas of Zambia which the media is supposed to expose in order to attract the attention of the government. The only shameful thing is that Sata will only address the suffering and poverty of people in PF areas as if the other areas are not part of Zambia. The media should therefore reserve 50% of its coverage for other issues and the other 50% for for politics.
YOU HYPOCRITE !!! YOU ARE FOOLING ????? SHUT THE HELL UP !!!