Takaona Disregards ZUJ Membership

The de-facto ZUJ president, Mathew Takaona, unilaterally decided to represent the Union at the recent Kariba media all-stakeholders' conference. This was despite agreeing with his secretary Foster Dongozi, albeit without due process, that the union should not send a delegate to the indaba.
It is also shameful that Takaona duped his secretary into believing that he was not going to attend in protest of the re-detention of Andrison Shadreck Manyere but only phoned Dongozi when he was already on his way to check if there had been any developments on Manyere's case. After Dongozi reportedly told him that Manyere had not been released, Takaona proceeded to Kariba.
The ZUJ national executive should have met to decide whether to participate at the conference or not but Takaona took it upon himself to be the Union's face at the conference which was boycotted by several journalists.
Misa Zimbabwe, VMCZ, the Union of Freelance Journalists and other media organizations under the banner of the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe did not attend because they could not wine and dine with media molesters at the shores of the Lake Kariba when one of their own was languishing in Chikurubi.
Then comes George Charamba. He says Manyere is not a journalist. Shame on you George. Are you aware that Manyere is a holder of four press cards issued by your favored Media and Information Commission which is now illegal in terms of law? Does Manyere have to tell you that he is a qualified journalist? Do you want him to bring his qualifications or certificates to your office to prove that he is a journalist? After all, Nathaniel Manheru is not a journalist.