Zimbabwean Standard Journalist Elected Regional President

Reporting by New Zimbabwe.Com
FOSTER Dongozi, the secretary general of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists has been elected to the powerful post of President of the Southern African Journalists Association (SAJA).
Dongozi was elected at a congress of journalists from Southern Africa which took place in Johannesburg,South Africa last week.
The congress was attended by leaders of unions and associations from the 12 SADC countries.
As President of SAJA, Dongozi will preside over the affairs of unions and associations of journalists in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambiaand Zimbabwe.
He will be deputised by Charles Matsebula, an investigative journalist with The Times of Swaziland while Isabel Chimangeni, a chief reporter with Times of Zambia is the new SAJA treasurer.
Mushitu Mukwame of the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation and Albert Magkoba, the secretary general of the Media Workers Association of South Africa were elected as executive committee members.
SAJA is a region wide media workers and journalists association comprising member unions from 12 SADC countries. It seeks to foster collaborative work between regional trade unions based on common workplace concerns and the socio- economic and political conditions within which media workers and journalists operate.
SAJA also provides opportunities for the creation of one single voice for media workers and journalists in the region.
It also seeks to provide advanced professional mid-career training for electronic and print journalists while protecting them from harassment and intimidation.