4 Funga (in black) & M'membe (center) at the Woodlands Police Station. 2.6.5. No adverts on credit in govt-owned media, orders Kambwili (The Post newspaper 29.04.15) Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili said it had come to his attention that ZNBC, Daily Mail, and Times of Zambia were owed a lot of money by government departments through adverts secured on credit. In an interview with ZNBC, the Minister said no government department shall be allowed to advertise in any public media on credit and he warned public media marketing managers that he would not take kindly to anyone who will defy his directive. “Government agencies and ministries have been allowed to advertise with these media houses on credit. I am therefore directing the media houses that, with immediate effect, no government ministry, no spending agency or quasi-government organizations such as councils will be allowed to advertise on ZNBC, Zambia Daily Mail, and Times of Zambia without first producing a cheque. “So from today, it must be a cheque before an advert and I will not take kindly to any marketing manager who is going to allow any institution to advertise in any part of the public media without paying for the advert first.” He said his ministry had written to the Ministry of Finance to recover all monies owed to public media houses by government departments before releasing their funding allocations. This is a welcome move as public media are owed a lot money from government departments. It is hoped that the Ministry of Finance will assist in recovering most of the revenue. It is also hoped that this directive will stand the test of time and will be upheld by successive governments. 22