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The Chronicle was commonly considered a monopoly newspaper of Bulawayo after the printing of The Daily News was banned in 2003 due to its critical reporting of Mugabe's government. [10] In 2009, The Chronicle fired its editor, Stephen Ndlovu following an exposé on followers of the Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo. [11]
Newspaper Founded Location Ownership Circulation Type Language The Anchor: 2019 Harare: Private Daily English Business Weekly: Private Weekly English The Chronicle: 1894 Bulawayo: Government Daily English Daily News: 1999 Harare: Private 100,000+ Daily English The Financial Gazette: Harare: Private 50,000+ Weekly English The Harare Tribune ...
In 1893, the company established The Umtali Post in Umtali (now Mutare), followed in 1894 by The Bulawayo Chronicle in Bulawayo. [4] In 1927, Argus spun off its Southern Rhodesia newspapers into a new company, the Rhodesian Printing and Publishing Company Limited. [3] [4] The company went public on the Rhodesia Stock Exchange on 8 March 1927.
The Daily News is a Zimbabwean independent newspaper published in Harare. It was founded in 1999 by Geoffrey Nyarota, a former editor of the Bulawayo Chronicle. Bearing the motto "Telling it like it is", the Daily News swiftly became Zimbabwe's most popular newspaper. However, the paper also suffered two bombings, allegedly by Zimbabwean ...
The Chronicle, a state-owned daily newspaper, and its Sunday edition, The Sunday News, are published in Bulawayo. The Chronicle is the second-oldest newspaper in Zimbabwe, and along with The Herald, published in Harare, it is one of two major state-owned newspapers in the country. UMthunywa, a state-owned Ndebele-language newspaper, is also ...
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.
Bulawayo town established near former settlement by British South Africa Company. [2] Telegraph begins operating. [2] Chronicle newspaper begins publication. [3] 1896/97 - Siege of Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War [4] 1897 Bulawayo becomes a municipality. [1] State House, Bulawayo completed as "Government House". [4] I.G. Hirschler ...
As editor of the state-owned Bulawayo Chronicle in 1989, he helped to break the "Willowgate" scandal, which resulted in several resignations from the cabinet of President Robert Mugabe. When Nyarota was subsequently removed from his post, he spent several years teaching in exile before returning to open the independent Daily News.