ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The burly ZBC CEO Happison Muchechetere was almost in tears as the news was delivered to him.
He would not be getting a visa to travel to the UN summit in New York with President Mugabe. Old Bob left Harare Saturday for the summit. And he was told there will no special dispensation for the ZBC boss, who has led efforts to block reform in Zimbabwe.
Protestations by the war veteran that he deserved a visa fell on deaf ears as the US embassy staunchly but politely refused to give him a visa.
The trip, with lucrative perks of up to US$1000 daily, has seen intense jostling at the State broadcaster, with almost evryone at ZBC keen to go on the trip.
Muchechetere was said to be devastated after failing to secure the visa to travel to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Usually Zanu-PF officials are able to circumvent travel bans when they travel to the UN. This time though the US has decided to get tough, mainly because of ZBC’s position of undermining the GNU and preaching hate speech and propagating propaganda.
Muchechetere is said to have fumed at Acting Consul Amy Diaz, after she told the head of ZBC that he’s banned from New York.
She told Muchechetere that he was on a list of Zimbabweans considered to be blocking the transition to multi-party democracy in the country. Media watchdogs say there has been an upsurge of hate speech in state media in recent weeks.
Most of it is directed against Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change party. The prime minister says President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba is controlling the public media and he has to go.
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for real Charamba must go,he is stalling progress
Comment by chatunga — September 22, 2009 @ 8:04 am
this time haulume ,walumila happison ma green akunzvenga
Comment by simbaland — September 22, 2009 @ 10:36 am
makajaidzwa
Comment by samutoko — September 22, 2009 @ 11:29 am
dont worry comrade munda munawo munotoenda zvenyu kumunda mwaka wakutotanga
Comment by CDE CHINKS CHINGAIRA — September 22, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Amama imbwa yemunhuher thinks he is great all over the world and this shows how they will shrink eventually.
Comment by sobohla manyosi — September 22, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
Ya good Obama. Ramba wakavatsika konzi!
Comment by GURUVA — September 22, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
That is good. Dai vakatorambidza nekadhara kacho futi
Comment by Ticha — September 22, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
What did he want to go and do in the USA? Hakuna minda. After all there is CNN and BBC who will fully cover the summitt pasina kunyepa seZBC. Zibenzi remwana.
Comment by Kitsiyatota — September 22, 2009 @ 2:39 pm
Ko maideiko kuchinyika cheva pambi vepfumi nhai va Muchechetere, next time ukauya kuzonwira pa Pachedu ndoda kukumamisa, iwewe nemwana wako, wamama…enda unorima…
Comment by Military Junta — September 22, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
dzichiverengwa namucchechetere, hedzinoi nhau— mukuru we zbcc arira zvikulu shule kwenguke anyima VISA rekuenda kuvapambevhu!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by sigobogo watuvi jamus — September 22, 2009 @ 4:41 pm
sigobogo waspaka wena,,
Comment by sadza — September 22, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Wamama ndokutumira yangu passport ine visa kudhara. Propaganda munoiwanza. Waita loss mumwe wangu kana wanga wakateya t and s hakuna wagarwa jende
Comment by Mai besa — September 22, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
Happison Muchechetere, Zibenzi remwana.Amama imbwa yemunhuher.you have killed our country you devils,my fellow zimbabwe let come together ,and fight these thugs.we are people ,so the people shall rule.zanu pf has failed to deliver.mugabe and your friends you are very evil.shame.
Comment by Jika Joe — September 23, 2009 @ 4:26 am
Sadza shaaz, mhuka idzi dzajaira kuita mari dzirere. Gore rino vachaitwa neshule kuti valume magreen
Comment by sigobogo watuvi jamus — September 23, 2009 @ 11:11 am
Tsvatu waro!!!!!!!!!!!! Vanhu veZanu munonyanya
Comment by Mai Tee — September 23, 2009 @ 11:30 am
you dont need to worried Happyson. you will go there when zim dollar is back. ungada mari yevapambepfumi here. ko ivhu redu osiya nani. ivhu ndiro vhisa rako
Comment by 4uord — September 23, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
akamama
Comment by jojo — September 23, 2009 @ 4:41 pm
eeeeeheeeeeeehhhhhheeeeeheeheeheheeheeheede!
sheka hako samanyika , zvaiwana ngwarati kudya ivete, bhurati shiti, unodeyi kumabhunu akuna Magwenhure uko!
kumedza modzi yepfura kudada ngemukosho, zvino ikozvino mukosho waite mudoko wotsemukira,misodzi mokoto eheheede!
uuri!ii.mwari ngeumwe.
ndaenda ini!
Comment by martin mwendo samanyika — September 24, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
Vanhu vasina minda vanongo wawata zvavasingazive
Comment by Happyson — September 29, 2009 @ 9:37 am
sorry zvako shamwari inotambika. ukati mungarambe muchingodya mahara. motodya zvamunorima koiwe waida kuenda uri reporter here? mototora mabasa asienyu nekuda mari chete. Urimbwa
Comment by wanya — September 29, 2009 @ 11:29 am
sori hako but remember kuti pese paunoitira vamwe zvakaipa rimwe zuva zvicakupandukira enda unobvunza vamwe vako… zvino is hedu takungoti “chaiti chururu chakapwa, nhasi tsambarafuta yave igo”
Comment by chidhori — September 29, 2009 @ 11:57 am
Not so happy son of Muchechetere once raduced to a load of rubbish by the then leader of the labour movement now reduced to a load of lard.Unodei kunyika yevaPAMBEPFUMI.DUZVI
Comment by john njanji — September 29, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
ndizvo zvazvinoita. Nhasi ndini mangwana ndiwewo. Ushe madzoro baba. Inotambika. Waida kuenda komabootlickers a George Charamba aenda kupi?
Comment by Spindipindi — September 30, 2009 @ 9:14 am
I remember very well when Happyson interviewed Simba Makoni before the election, l wanted to burst with anger, Simba had to say “zimbabwe what calibre of journalism is this” and happyson thought he was man of the match. now you have met your match. ita tiwone zvawaiita paya.
Comment by Ngee — September 30, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
Nhai mhaiwe, ndosara naniko vamwe vachienda kunyika yevadzvanyiriri. Nhai mhaiwe ndiregereiwo ma Americans, ndaifoseredzwa naCharamba kuti ndikutukei. Ndinokudai kani. Nhai mhaiwe zvino mai Muchechetere ndovaitira shopping kupiko, vaneta nemazhing-zhong. Yuhwi kani, ndakuvara…!
Comment by Benhilda Birizhonga — October 13, 2009 @ 2:57 pm
Mwana wembwa wajaira, what do you want in Amereka?
Comment by Oliver Tembo — November 2, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
MAKOMANA ZWAKAPRESSER
Comment by mzimba — November 2, 2009 @ 10:46 pm
Your ravings and rantings will take you nowhere,all your comments are based on lies and of no effect. Imperialists always employ quislings and their running dogs to recolonise zimbabwe. Its so sad that some zimbos go to such lenths as to asslick the vampire US that survives on the blood of the down trodden. United Nations is not America. To hell with american visas for the UN.Pamberi ne minda yemadzi teteguru.
muridzi we nyaya
Comment by muridzi we nyaya — November 27, 2009 @ 4:27 pm