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TheReview Wednesday, October 10, 1990 — A29

Elmer’s

Continued from Page A3
“Tt is also to educate the people

in the rural areas and to raise
__ awareness of what every individ-
Al in the ruml province is doing
and also to inform people.”

Most of the stories in the Guard-
ian are written in Shona, the main
indigenous language of the prov-

ince.
a ©. Although English is the official
4 language of Zimbabwe, many peo-
@ ple in the rural areas are more
= fluent 4 Shona or Ndebele, the
: er major indigenous language.
= All of the rural newspapers in
a the project are written in a mixture
of English and the prevalent local
pnguage.
Venda and Tonga are two other
ey widely-spoken indigenous lan-
3 guages, Munjoma said.
= With help from reporter Johnny
= Chatima, Munjoma produces the
= Nchanda Guardian every two
@ weeks. A shortage of newsprint
limits the paper to eight pages per
f issue.
Into this space Munjoma fits
Z sews from throughout the prov-
# ince, sports reports and a varied
a selection of letters to the editor.
s A shortage of cameras — the
® paper sometimes borrows a cam-
#.era from government information

film and of photographic paper
& limits the number of photographs
= in each issue.
# The paper ts based in Bindura,
@ the capital of the province. The
# province is known for production
of crops.
|. “It is the bread basket for Zim-
= babwe,” Munjoma said. Espe-
cially well-known are the oranges
from the Mazoe Citrus Fruit
estates.

The climate is the best suited to
agriculture in the country and the

services to take a photograph — of

topography is flat, broken up by
some mountainous areas.

It takes three days to deliver the
6,000 copies of the Nehanda
Guardian throughout the province.

While the newspaper is being
delivered, Munjoma travels with
‘the jeep to gather news for the next
edition — the high cost of even a
used car in Zimbabwe makes it
impossible for him to own a car
and reach the remote areas of the
province on his own.

He and his wife Rumbidzai rent
a house in Bindura but Munjoma’s
family home is in Mutare, the
provincial capital of Manicaland
on the Zimbabwe-Mozambique
border.

After finishing school, Mun-
joma taught school for two years
before enrolling in a college jour-
nalism program. He obtained a
diploma in journalism with mass
communications in 1985 and has
worked on urban and sports news-
papers since then.

_In 1987 he placed second in the
Zimbabwe-wide reporter of the
year competition.

Rumbidzai, whose name means
“praise”, is now studying a secret-
arial course at a polytechnic insti-
tute in Bulawayo, the capital of
Matabeleland.

Her family, Motsi, live in
Bulawayo after moving from Chiw-
eshe in Mashonaland Central.

Munjoma has worked with the
Rural Newspaper Project for a year
and plans to stay with the com-
pany for some time.

An editor’s position is not easy
to obtain in Zimbabwe, he notes,
so his career is progressing: well.

Eventually he may seek a job in
public relations.

“In our country, journalism is
not a well-paid profession.”

Soup & |
He recalls going on a selection e
ee ee Sandwich. OOO OOOO OOOO $3.75
aan Coup & Salad........$3.25
Shrimp Salad Croissant

c/wsoup orsalad.....$4.75

- Diner >

formerly
- Elmer's Fish & Chips Restaurant —

LUNCH SPECIALS

Tossed Salad........$2.00
SOUP........sscccseee0ee 5 1.90

aS a surprise to me. I did not
believe it until three days before
when I had the ticket in my hand.”
he said.

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