New sheriff in town: DJ Chilli replaces Scott as Power FM boss
Harare- VETERAN radio personality Hazvinei Sakarombe better known by her moniker DJ Chilli has replaced suspended Power FM station manager Scott Matengambiri aka DJ Scott who is facing a disciplinary hearing after allegedly asking for oral sex from a female surbodinate (name withheld) Express Mail Zim can report.
Chilli has close to two decades of experience as a broadcaster and has at one time occupied the same position before been reassigned.
” Chilli replaced Scott in acting capacity as Scott faces disciplinary hearing over allegations of sexual harrasment.
“However, Scott has quicky tendered his resignation to avoid the dismissal route.
“After serving the national broadcaster for such a long time, he cant afford to walk away empty handed, at least he can negotiate an exit package if he resigns,” said an inside source.
Scott was caught in the web of massive sexual harrassment of young female employees at Pockets Hill.
It is alleged that he pestered for oral sex from the youthful presenter where he specifically asked her to suck his genitals known as ‘blow job’ in street lingua.
Apparently, if the scathing allegations hold water; his fetish might have been influenced by his alleged victim’s prowess on the microphone and he could have imagined same been conducted on his genitals!
His expose’ was triggered by news that ZBC director for radio services Robson Mhandu is set to be hauled before a disciplinary hearing for allegedly demanding to be intimate with a female employee before he could sanction her transfer from Bulawayo to Harare.
Recordings and messages of his pestering are available and his only defence can be ‘voice morphing’ where he can cite the Ari Ben Manashe precedent in the late Morgan Tsvangirai treason case.
Media Alliance of Zimbabwe programmes manager Nigel Nyamutumbu said there was need to take issues of sexual harassment seriously to stop the vice.
“Reports of sexual harassment in the media are concerning and there’s need for thorough investigations on all reported cases,” Nyamutumbu said.
“Studies show that it is rampant yet there seems to be a culture of impunity.
“The media should be a safe space for all and it’s time that perpetrators are held accountable.”
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary-general Perfect Hlongwane said the ZBC case was a tip of the iceberg.
