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Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) 2011 - Index of articles, videos and images
Official
HIFA press release from Manuel Bagorro, HIFA founder and Artistic
Director
HIFA
May 09, 2011
http://www.hifa.co.zw/news-and-reviews/official-hifa-press-release-manuel-bagorro-hifa-founder-and-artistic-director
I would like
to clarify a matter that has generated much interest and some rumour.
Firstly I would like to reiterate that I have not at any point been
arrested.
Inevitably with matters of this nature, there are
many people who express an opinion. I hereby reiterate that only
I am authorised to offer official comment on behalf of HIFA.
The Harare International Festival of the Arts, as
a large-scale, public entertainment event lasting over a significant
length of time, as a matter of course works closely with law enforcement
authorities, just as is the case with other large scale public events.
However, the scale of HIFA necessitates closer and more regular
liaison with law enforcement agencies who second representatives
to the security committee at the Festival. Regular meetings are
held between Festival security personnel and management with the
law enforcement agencies as part of regular plenary and reportage
sessions to ensure crime prevention and law compliance.
As part of this
regular liaison, a meeting was called at the Harare Provincial Police
Headquarters on the 28th of April, where check-box reviewing was
done in terms the various types of paperwork that has to be submitted
by any promoter when holding a show. Understandably, as a Festival,
HIFA has a large volume of such paperwork hence such instance of
reviewing to ensure the check-box of completion of filing of paperwork
is ticked. The HIFA Founder and Artistic Director, Manuel Bagorro;
Executive Director Maria Wilson; Theatre Consultant and a representative
of HIFA's Artistic Consultants Committee , Elton Mjanana;
Head of Media Liaison Tafadzwa Simba and Head of Security Desmond
Laurence were in attendance. After the brief meeting all HIFA personnel
returned to their work on the Festival site.
The HIFA offices were not at all ransacked by police.
It is as yet unclear where reports originated but I would like to
clarify that the HIFA offices were not ransacked or raided.
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