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The Herald has seen a decline in readership from 132,000 to between 50,000 and 100,000 in recent years. [1] The influential Daily News , which regularly published criticism of the government, was shut down in 2002, however its director Wilf Mbanga started The Zimbabwean soon after to continue challenging the Mugabe regime. [ 1 ]
The newspaper's origins date back to the 19th century. Its forerunner was launched on 27 June 1891 by William Fairbridge [1] for the Argus group of South Africa. Named the Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times, it was a weekly, hand-written news sheet produced using the cyclostyle duplicating process.
Zimpapers traces its origins to 1891, when William Fairbridge, the Rhodesia representative of South Africa's Argus Printing and Publishing Company, established the Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times in Salisbury (now Harare). [4] [5] The Mashonaland Herald was succeeded by The Rhodesia Herald in 1892. [4]
He subsequently died at the West End Hospital in Harare on 4 August 2009 [1] due to hypertension; he had been hospitalised there for 46 days. [12] Later in the day, the ZANU-PF Politburo met and agreed to confer upon Msika the status of national hero; it also agreed that he would be buried at National Heroes' Acre. At the time of his death ...
Star FM is a commercial urban radio station that broadcasts throughout Zimbabwe from the country's capital, Harare. [1]It first aired in June 2012 and is owned by Zimbabwe Newspapers, which owns Bulawayo's The Chronicle, Harare's The Herald and several other regional publications.
Paradzai Willings Zimondi (Paradzai Willings Zimonte [1]) (4 March 1947 – 22 January 2021) was a Zimbabwean independence activist and military officer.Zimondi was considered a hero of the Zimbabwean struggle for independence, and he later attained the rank of major general in the Zimbabwean army.
Victoria Fikile Chitepo (27 March 1928 – 8 April 2016) was a South African - Zimbabwean politician, activist and educator. She was the wife of Herbert Chitepo, a leading figure in the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), but was a major political figure in her own right and served as a minister in the government of independent Zimbabwe between 1980–1992.
Gwinyai Chingoka (27 September 1982 – 27 January 2022) was a Zimbabwean tennis player who represented Zimbabwe at the Davis Cup. [1] He was known as Shumba in sporting circles due to his stamina and strength while playing tennis. [2]