Dar es Salaam, Dec. 27 -- THE government has pledged to work on challenges facing journalists in Zanzibar including low pay and working without contracts.

Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports Ms Tabia Maulid Mwita said that if the proposed ‘Zanzibar New Media law is enacted by legislators, it will help to address most of the challenges facing the cadre.

“It is a disappointing fact that majority of journalists and other employees in the private sector are facing many challenges, including working without contracts,” said Ms Mwita in her speech at the opening of a one-day general meeting for Zanzibar Press Club (ZPC).

She assured the journalists that most of the challenges facing them would come to end wh...