Chief Director in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Jonathan Gandari told participants at a media and elections reporting workshop in Kadoma this Friday there were overwhelming applications by international media houses.
"There is high appetite to cover Zimbabwe elections. To date, over 50 foreign international media have been approved and nobody has been denied," said Gandari. Among the organisations given the greenlight to visit and write about this year's polls include, British Broadcasting Corporation , Channel Africa Radio, The Telegraph, Associated Press and Cable News Network .
Gandari was, however, quick to raise concern over the competition local under-resourced journalists working for domestic news organisations will face against the well-equipped foreign media personnel.