Jane Mlambo| State broadcaster ZBC yesterday boycotted an event in which the Minister of State for Manicaland Province Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba was expected to receive donated medicines and foodstuffs from Nedbank to the cyclone idai victims in Mutare.

According to one journalist in Mutare, Kenneth Matimaire, Gwaradzimba had to delay the handover event for about an hour just because the ZBC crew was not around.

“This is despite the fact that other journalists had pitched up to cover the donation.

“After she established that the ZBC crew was not insight, she advised Nedbank staff to accompany her to her offices and give her a brief of their donation as they wait for ZBC.

“The crew never came and she had to proceed with the donation.”