By Langton Ncube| Journalists from the mainstream media are fighting to “own” the first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa,a local online publication has reported.
State Media journalists have begun fighting those from the private media over Mrs Mnangagwa.
NewsDay reporter, Blessed Mhlanga was on Monday seen leading the pack owing to his stint as the Midlands Bureau for Newsday which made him close to the first lady well before her November 2017 ascension.
Mhlanga, according to newspaper has since the November been shadowing Mrs Mnangagwa acting as her defacto media liaison officer.
Mhlanga was recently tasked with organising a high tea between female media practitioners and the first lady and his approach raised questions.
“Blessed left journalists from the state media and filled the list with people from privately owned newspapers. The first lady had to instruct him to change the list or the high tea would be cancelled,” the source said.
Mhlanga is said to have given talking points to all attending journalists ordering them to stick to the script.
“A number of talking points was drafted and circulated to journalists in a Whatsapp group dominated by Mhlanga whose username has the moniker Bhuru. He ordered the women around telling them what to ask,” our source said.
The high tea which drew various personalities in the media from talk show host Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa, Nyaradzo Makombe and other top women in the media had all signs of tension written over it.
According to well-placed voices in the media, there are two camps of scribes surrounding the first lady.
There is a group which is led by Blessed Mhlanga comprising mostly of private media journalists and the other one led by Kudzai Gumbo (who was conspicuous by her absence at the high tea with reports that she is in Dubai) involving those from the state media.
Auxillia Mnangagwa`s goodwill in the public stands at risk as scribes trip over each other trying to impress her.
Observers say the competition to appease her is the reason why her every move has been captured by the media, including simple acts like buying fruit.
Before COUP aiva nenguva yacho yekuvhima kwavo kumapurazi uko kune mhuka. Mazuvano kana svimbo dzake dzatonyorova dzinenga dzanyorova neropa remunhu we Opposition. Asi muchaona kuti zvesvimbo haachaiti, ava munhu wepfuti. Zvikuru kubva pa Coup ipapa.
Hino imi mukatevedzerezvo munosungwa. Mhuka hadzichatendegwi kutamba nadzo. Svimbo dzangove dzokurovesa mbavha kana yapinda mumba.
tinoshandisa tsvimbo nyoro ED haasati since coup
Kwedu kuMasvingo unokwanisa kushandisa banga Sokuti uri kupara magwiri kuti uabike kana shezha uchida kudzidya dziri mbishi kana mfarinya. Wokwanisazve kupara poto nechikwengo kana yakaomera makoko esadza. Zvokushandisa muchini haa, hatisati tava ne Technology yese iyoyo.
Hameno kweyu kuti ndekupi.
kushandwa nemshini
Do you mean as in Kupara mhosva?
OK, so what was the high tea meeting about and how does it involve, concern, benefit us the general public? The first lady to be is currently an ordinary citizen till ZANU PF wins elections by force at next vote. There is no public interest in the lady’s daily habits unless they impact of public affairs. We are sincerely hoping she will not engage in INTERFACING RALLIES when she will distribute goods confiscated from vendors or looted from the state.
Ummmm varume, nyaya yenyu iyi siyanai nayo–you are getting too personal–and its not necessary! Ndmba kuudzwa akaonekwa nembonje pahuma–idzo nyaya dzambopera here–social living is the best and tsika nehunhu zvinokomborera–we are Zimbabweans–lets stick to our UBUNTU PLEASE!!
You can say that again dzungu too much. ED mukira kubasa; anoswera Kubasa kumba osvika atopera basa. He is over working murume uyo
I heard that since the coup, first lady havasati vaparwa ED arikungomhanya mhanya. Dai ambovabvisa dzungu