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Regional body chooses leaders
Gugu Ziyaphapha, Journalism.co.za
August 28, 2006

http://www.journalism.co.za/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4415

The secretary general of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, Foster Dongozi, has been elected president of the Southern African Journalists’ Association (SAJA), writes Gugu Ziyaphapha.

Dongozi, a senior journalist with The Standard, a weekly newspaper, was elected at a congress held in Johannesburg recently.

Journalists’ unions and associations from 12 countries in the SADC region are affiliated to SAJA.

Charles Matsebula, an investigative journalist with the Times of Swaziland, was elected deputy president. The treasurer’s post went to Isabel Chimangeni, a chief reporter with the Times of Zambia.

Other executive committee members are Mushitu Mukwame of the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation and Albert Makgoba, the secretary general of the Media Workers Association of South Africa.

SAJA says it seeks to foster collaborative work between regional trade unions based on common work place concerns and socio-economic conditions within which media workers and journalists operate.

It also provides opportunities and calls for the creation of one voice for journalists in the region. The association will also provide advanced professional training for electronic and print journalists while protecting them from harassment and intimidation.

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