Wenera nearly pulled off air over debt

PRODUCERS of Zimbabwe’s popular high-definition soap opera, Wenera, almost pulled off air the blockbuster that has been showing on ZBC TV every Monday and Tuesday yesterday due to debts they are owed by the station before a last-minute deal was struck between the two parties to keep it showing.

The soap’s executive producer, Eddie Ndhlovu, yesterday morning told NewsDay that the local broadcasters had not been paying for the soap opera as agreed.

This followed a Facebook post in which Ndhlovu told the soap’s viewers that they were shelving the screening of the film until ZBC had settled their arrears.

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