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Star presenter Karen Paida Mukwedeya has joined ZTV as part of a star cast for its Current Affairs programming.
She is part of a cast meant to ‘give an avant-garde aspect to the station’.
As part of the statement from the station
Social media personalities like Natasha Burnett and Curtly Gwindi are hellbent on bringing an aura of their signature & youthful dernier cri, while seasoned broadcasters Farai Chapoterera and Tanaka Munyenyiwa take on new roles on air.
Chapoterera returns to Good Morning Zimbabwe, co-anchoring with Zandile Ndlovu, whereas KidzNet superstar Munyenyiwa is the youngest and latest addition to the News and Current Affairs line-up.
Also joining the News and Current Affairs department are radio and television hosts Karen Mukwedeya, Trynos Dongo, Clarah Matenga, Tsitsi Gezi and Jeffrey Murimbechi.
Malvin Matava and Nicole Jamu from the radio division make their premier appearances on the TV screen and breathe more life to a line-up that is expanding its appeal daily.
Karen Paida made waves in 2016 when she was part of TLC’s Next Presenter search, where she made it into the finals, that is the top three.
Since then she has been in corporate world as well as stints on ZTN’s nascent programming. Oh and radio.
ZTV, which is owned by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has to had to up its game, having lost its 62-year-long monopoly in the country.
This is after six new private operators were licensed, one of whom, 3Ktv is already on air via DStv and DTT.
While ZTV is itself on DStv it has not really pushed that access aggressively, given it also as two stations there.
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With six channels also given to ZBC it remans to be seen what they will provide.
What is certain is that life has become interesting in Zimbabwe’s media space.
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