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| name = The Chronicle
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| image = File:1895 Bulawayo Chronicle.png
| image = File:1895 Bulawayo Chronicle.png
| caption = ''Bulawayo Chronicle'', 1895
| caption = ''Bulawayo Chronicle'', 1895
| type = Daily
| type = Daily
| format =
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| owners = State-owned
| owners = State-owned
| founder =
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| publisher = Zimbabwe Newspapers, Ltd.
| publisher = [[Zimpapers]]
| editor = Mduduzi Mathuthu
| editor = Lawson Mabhena
| chiefeditor =
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| newseditor = Mkhululi Sibanda
| newseditor = Clement Manyukwe
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| sportseditor = Lovemore Dube
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| language = English
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| headquarters = [[Bulawayo, Zimbabwe]]
| headquarters = [[Bulawayo, Zimbabwe]]
| circulation =
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| sister newspapers = ''[[The Herald (Zimbabwe)|The Herald]]''
| sister newspapers = ''[[The Herald (Zimbabwe)|The Herald]]''
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'''''The Chronicle''''' is a popular daily newspaper in [[Zimbabwe]]. It is published in [[Bulawayo]] and mostly reports on news in the [[Matebeleland]] region in the southern part of the country. It is state-owned and therefore usually only publishes news that supports the government and its policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a9.htm |title=African Studies Quarterly |publisher=Africa.ufl.edu |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref> It also covers stories on national and international news, as well as entertainment, sport, business, travel, job offers and real estate. It was established in 1894 and it was the largest newspaper in the country following ''[[The Herald (Zimbabwe)|The Herald]]''.<ref>(http://www.wan-press.org/article4491.html</ref>
'''''The Chronicle''''' is a popular daily newspaper in [[Zimbabwe]]. It is published in [[Bulawayo]] and mostly reports on news in the [[Matebeleland]] region in the southern part of the country. It is state-owned and therefore usually only publishes news that supports the government and its policies.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal |last1=Musaka |first1=Stanford D. |name-list-style=amp |date=2003 |title= Press and Politics in Zimbabwe |url= http://asq.africa.ufl.edu/files/Mukasa-Vol-7-Issues-23.pdf |journal=African Studies Quarterly |volume=7 |issue=2&3 |pages=171–183 |doi= |access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref> It also covers stories on national and international news, as well as entertainment, sport, business, travel, job offers and real estate. It was established in 1894 and it was the largest newspaper in the country following ''[[The Herald (Zimbabwe)|The Herald]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wan-press.org/article4491.html |title=WAN - GEOFFREY NYAROTA, Zimbabwe |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510015154/http://www.wan-press.org/article4491.html |archive-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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''The Chronicle'' is one of the oldest newspapers in Africa. ''The Chronicle'' was founded by the Argus Company of South Africa on 12 October 1894.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediainzimbabwe.com/?page_id=328 |title=Account Suspended |publisher=Mediainzimbabwe.com |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>
''The Chronicle'' is one of the oldest newspapers in Africa. ''The Chronicle'' was founded by the Argus Company of South Africa on 12 October 1894.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediainzimbabwe.com/?page_id=328 |title=Account Suspended |publisher=Mediainzimbabwe.com |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>


The media in [[Rhodesia]] catered mostly to the white settlers needs, ignoring the news of interest to native Africans. Like most newspapers, the Chronicle covered politics, sports and current affairs, however news about the African continent was ignored. News about the Africans was seldom published, unless the news regarded crimes committed by Africans.<ref name="pressreference1">{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Uz-Z/Zimbabwe.html |title=Zimbabwe Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers – television, circulation, stations, papers, number, print, freedom |publisher=Pressreference.com |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>
The media in [[Rhodesia]] catered mostly to the white settlers needs, ignoring the news of interest to native Africans. Like most newspapers, ''The Chronicle'' covered politics, sports and current affairs, however news about the continent of Africa was ignored. News about the African population was seldom published, unless the news regarded crimes committed by Africans.<ref name="pressreference1">{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Uz-Z/Zimbabwe.html |title=Zimbabwe Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers – television, circulation, stations, papers, number, print, freedom |publisher=Pressreference.com |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref> When articles concerned Africans, the stories were typically negative and demeaning.<ref name="auto"/>
When articles concerned Africans, the stories were typically negative and demeaning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a9.htm |title=African Studies Quarterly |publisher=Africa.ufl.edu |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>


By the time Independence was attained in 1980, the media coverage in Zimbabwe had not changed much. News coverage was still prone to a settler-bias as the most prominent Rhodesian printing and publishing executives in Rhodesia themselves were white. The editors, as well as most of the reporting staff, were also white too.<ref name="pressreference1"/>
By the time Independence was attained in 1980, the media coverage in Zimbabwe had changed little. News coverage was still prone to a settler-bias as the most prominent Rhodesian printing and publishing executives in Rhodesia themselves were white. The editors, as well as most of the reporting staff, were also white.<ref name="pressreference1"/>


The development of the Zimbabwe Press can be categorised into three eras. Prior to 1980, the era was considered the Colonial or Nationalist era. From 1980–1990 the media was in the Transitional Era. Media originating after 1990 is considered to be from the Post-Transitional era.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a9.htm |title=African Studies Quarterly |publisher=Africa.ufl.edu |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>
The development of the Zimbabwe Press can be categorised into three eras. Prior to 1980, the era was considered the Colonial or Nationalist era. From 1980 to 1990 the media was in the Transitional Era. Media originating after 1990 is considered to be from the Post-Transitional era.<ref name="auto"/>
During each era the political and ideological status of the country would reflect what kind of news would be published and how it would be published. The last white editor in Zimpapers was [[Jean Maitland-Stuart]].
During each era the political and ideological status of the country would reflect what kind of news would be published and how it would be published. The last white editor in Zimpapers was Jean Maitland-Stuart.


In 1983 [[Tommy Sithole]] became the first black editor of the Chronicle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.za/books?id=B2Jp-k0WVWAC&pg=PT93&lpg=PT93&dq=history+of+the+chronicle+zimbabwe+first+editor&source=bl&ots=NI6Pz35aii&sig=Jz8J2yRapNOHiwmdV-tT8Q05DQU&hl=en&ei=dwm2Tcz0L8jGtAbx0PDRDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20the%20chronicle%20zimbabwe%20first%20editor&f=false |title=Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman – Geoffrey Nyarota – Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.za |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>
In 1983, Tommy Sithole became the first black editor of the Chronicle.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B2Jp-k0WVWAC&q=history+of+the+chronicle+zimbabwe+first+editor&pg=PT93 |title=Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman – Geoffrey Nyarota – Google Books |isbn=9781770071124 |accessdate=19 June 2012|last1=Nyarota |first1=Geoffrey |year=2006 |publisher=Zebra }}</ref>


== Willowgate ==
== Willowgate ==
{{further|Willowgate}}
{{further|Willowgate}}
In 1988, ''The'' ''Chronicle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s editor was [[Geoffrey Nyarota]]. The paper built a reputation for aggressive investigations into corruption at all levels of government, and Nyarota became "something of a hero". In the "Willowgate" investigation, Nyarota and deputy editor [[Davison Maruziva]] reported that ministers and officials from the government of President [[Robert Mugabe]] had been given early access to buy foreign cars at an assembly plant in [[Willowvale]], an industrial suburb of [[Harare]].<ref name=NYT /> In some cases, the cars were bought wholesale and resold at a 200% profit.<ref name=WP>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1185472.html |title=3 Cabinet Ministers Quit in Zimbabwe as Corruption Report Is Published |author=Karl Maier |date=15 April 1989 |work=The Washington Post |publisher= {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}|accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref> The newspaper published documents from the plant to prove its case, including identification numbers from the vehicles.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/20/world/zimbabwe-reads-of-officials-secrets.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Zimbabwe Reads of Officials' Secrets |author=Jane Perlez |date=20 January 1989 |work=The New York Times |archivedate=12 September 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ad14c4hV |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref>
In 1988, ''The'' ''Chronicle''{{'s}} editor was [[Geoffrey Nyarota]]. The paper built a reputation for aggressive investigations into corruption at all levels of government, and Nyarota became "something of a hero". In the "Willowgate" investigation, Nyarota and deputy editor [[Davison Maruziva]] reported that ministers and officials from the government of President [[Robert Mugabe]] had been given early access to buy foreign cars at an assembly plant in [[Willowvale, Harare|Willowvale]], an industrial suburb of [[Harare]].<ref name=NYT /> In some cases, the cars were bought wholesale and resold at a 200% profit.<ref name=WP>{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1185472.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202003056/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1185472.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2016 |title=3 Cabinet Ministers Quit in Zimbabwe as Corruption Report Is Published |author=Karl Maier |date=15 April 1989 |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref> The newspaper published documents from the plant to prove its case, including identification numbers from the vehicles.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/20/world/zimbabwe-reads-of-officials-secrets.html |title=Zimbabwe Reads of Officials' Secrets |author=Jane Perlez |date=20 January 1989 |work=The New York Times |archivedate=2 February 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202003055/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/20/world/zimbabwe-reads-of-officials-secrets.html?&src=pm |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref>


Mugabe appointed a three-person panel, the Sandura Commission, to investigate the allegations. The ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported that the commission's hearings "struck a deep chord" in Zimbabwe, where citizens had grown to resent the perceived growing corruption of government. Five of Mugabe's cabinet ministers eventually resigned due to implication in the scandal, including Defense Minister [[Enos Nkala]] and [[Maurice Nyagumbo]], the third highest-ranking official in Mugabe's party, the [[Zimbabwe African National Union]] (ZANU).<ref name=WP/>
Mugabe appointed a three-person panel, the Sandura Commission, to investigate the allegations. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that the commission's hearings "struck a deep chord" in Zimbabwe, where citizens had grown to resent the perceived growing corruption of government. Five of Mugabe's cabinet ministers eventually resigned due to implication in the scandal, including Defense Minister [[Enos Nkala]] and [[Maurice Nyagumbo]], the third highest-ranking official in Mugabe's party, the [[Zimbabwe African National Union]] (ZANU).<ref name=WP/>


However, Nyartora and Maruziva were both forced out of their jobs and into newly created public relations positions in Harare.<ref name=I>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5075005.html |title=Zimbabwe Crisis: Foreign journalist held over newspaper bomb |date=28 April 2000 |work=The Independent |publisher= {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}|accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref> Though the men were given pay raises, Mugabe also stated that the move was a result of their "overzealousness", leading to public belief that they had been removed for their reporting. ZANU parliamentarians also criticised Nyarota and Maruziva, with the Minister of State for National Security stating that criticism was welcome, but "to the extent that the press now deliberately target Government as their enemy, then we part ways."<ref>{{cite book |title=Shattered Dreams |last=P.P. Jackson |year=2010 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781452043944 |pages=52–3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn2ibDi8EUMC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=nyarota&source=bl&ots=d2cOu0t1D2&sig=oVLNG2seyl3g8KxBvX83Zco0kvE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=byNRUPCBGMPYqgH8sICQCg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=nyarota&f=false |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref>
However, Nyartora and Maruziva were both forced out of their jobs and into newly created public relations positions in Harare.<ref name=I>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5075005.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208175916/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5075005.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2012 |title=Zimbabwe Crisis: Foreign journalist held over newspaper bomb |date=28 April 2000 |work=The Independent |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref> Though the men were given pay raises, Mugabe also stated that the move was a result of their "overzealousness", leading to public belief that they had been removed for their reporting. ZANU parliamentarians also criticised Nyarota and Maruziva, with the Minister of State for National Security stating that criticism was welcome, but "to the extent that the press now deliberately target Government as their enemy, then we part ways."<ref>{{cite book |title=Shattered Dreams |last=P.P. Jackson |year=2010 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781452043944 |pages=52–3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn2ibDi8EUMC&q=nyarota&pg=PA52 |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref>


==2000s==
==2000s==
''The Chronicle'' was commonly considered a monopoly newspaper of Bulawayo after the printing of ''[[Daily News (Harare)|The Daily News]]'' was banned in 2003 due to its critical reporting of Mugabe's government.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110318/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwemediapolitics ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323015652/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110318/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwemediapolitics |date=23 March 2011 }}</ref>
''The Chronicle'' was commonly considered a monopoly newspaper of Bulawayo after the printing of ''[[Daily News (Harare)|The Daily News]]'' was banned in 2003 due to its critical reporting of Mugabe's government.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110318/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwemediapolitics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323015652/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110318/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwemediapolitics|date=23 March 2011}}</ref>


In 2009, ''The Chronicle'' fired its editor, [[Stephen Ndlovu]] following an exposé on followers of the [[Minister of Information]] [[Jonathan Moyo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/zbc4.12318.html |title=Chronicle editor fired by Zimpapers |publisher=Newzimbabwe.com |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2009, ''The Chronicle'' fired its editor, Stephen Ndlovu following an exposé on followers of the [[Minister of Information]] [[Jonathan Moyo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/zbc4.12318.html |title=Chronicle editor fired by Zimpapers |publisher=Newzimbabwe.com |date= |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>


Also in 2009, the subsequent editor of ''The Chronicle'', Brezhnev Malaba, was charged with [[libel]] in a story which concerning police corruption. Nduduzo Tshuma, a staff reporter at the newspaper, was also charged with libel, following the publication of an article allegeding that members of the police were involved in a Grain Marketing Board Maize Scandal.<ref>http://allafrica.com/stories/200904080793.html</ref>
Also in 2009, the subsequent editor of ''The Chronicle'', Brezhnev Malaba, was charged with [[libel]] in a story which concerning police corruption. Nduduzo Tshuma, a staff reporter at the newspaper, was also charged with libel, following the publication of an article alleging that members of the police were involved in a Grain Marketing Board Maize Scandal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200904080793.html |title=AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Chronicle Editor and Reporter Charged with Defamation |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019081805/http://allafrica.com/stories/200904080793.html |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Staff==
==Staff==


'''Current editor:''' [[Mduduzi Mathuthu]]
'''Current editor:''' Mduduzi Mathuthu


'''Reporters:''' Freedom Mupanedemo, Pamela Shumba, Prosper Ndlovu, Temba Dube, Thandeka Moyo, Mashudu Netsianda, Leornad Ncube, Auxillia Katongomara James Shikwati, Freeman Razemba, Factmore Dzobo, Givemore Muzariri, Oliver Kazunga, Lovemore Dube, Sikhanyisiwe Sibanda, Morris Mkwate,
'''Reporters:''' Freedom Mupanedemo, Pamela Shumba, Prosper Ndlovu, Temba Dube, Thandeka Moyo, Mashudu Netsianda, Leornad Ncube, Auxillia Katongomara James Shikwati, Freeman Razemba, Factmore Dzobo, Givemore Muzariri, Oliver Kazunga, Lovemore Dube, Sikhanyisiwe Sibanda, Morris Mkwate,


'''Columnists:''' Stephen Mpofu, Sukulwenkosi Dube
'''Columnists:''' Stephen Mpofu, Sukulwenkosi Dube


'''Publisher:''' [[Zimbabwe Newspapers, Ltd.|Zimpapers]]
'''Publisher:''' [[Zimpapers]]


==Sister papers==
==Sister papers==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.zimpapers.co.zw}}
* {{Official website|http://www.zimpapers.co.zw}}
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Latest revision as of 01:36, 11 October 2023

The Chronicle
Bulawayo Chronicle, 1895
TypeDaily
Owner(s)State-owned
PublisherZimpapers
EditorLawson Mabhena
News editorClement Manyukwe
Sports editorLovemore Dube
Founded1894
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBulawayo, Zimbabwe
Sister newspapersThe Herald
Websitehttps://www.chronicle.co.zw/

The Chronicle is a popular daily newspaper in Zimbabwe. It is published in Bulawayo and mostly reports on news in the Matebeleland region in the southern part of the country. It is state-owned and therefore usually only publishes news that supports the government and its policies.[1] It also covers stories on national and international news, as well as entertainment, sport, business, travel, job offers and real estate. It was established in 1894 and it was the largest newspaper in the country following The Herald.[2]

History

[edit]

The Chronicle is one of the oldest newspapers in Africa. The Chronicle was founded by the Argus Company of South Africa on 12 October 1894.[3]

The media in Rhodesia catered mostly to the white settlers needs, ignoring the news of interest to native Africans. Like most newspapers, The Chronicle covered politics, sports and current affairs, however news about the continent of Africa was ignored. News about the African population was seldom published, unless the news regarded crimes committed by Africans.[4] When articles concerned Africans, the stories were typically negative and demeaning.[1]

By the time Independence was attained in 1980, the media coverage in Zimbabwe had changed little. News coverage was still prone to a settler-bias as the most prominent Rhodesian printing and publishing executives in Rhodesia themselves were white. The editors, as well as most of the reporting staff, were also white.[4]

The development of the Zimbabwe Press can be categorised into three eras. Prior to 1980, the era was considered the Colonial or Nationalist era. From 1980 to 1990 the media was in the Transitional Era. Media originating after 1990 is considered to be from the Post-Transitional era.[1] During each era the political and ideological status of the country would reflect what kind of news would be published and how it would be published. The last white editor in Zimpapers was Jean Maitland-Stuart.

In 1983, Tommy Sithole became the first black editor of the Chronicle.[5]

Willowgate

[edit]
Further information: Willowgate

In 1988, The Chronicle's editor was Geoffrey Nyarota. The paper built a reputation for aggressive investigations into corruption at all levels of government, and Nyarota became "something of a hero". In the "Willowgate" investigation, Nyarota and deputy editor Davison Maruziva reported that ministers and officials from the government of President Robert Mugabe had been given early access to buy foreign cars at an assembly plant in Willowvale, an industrial suburb of Harare.[6] In some cases, the cars were bought wholesale and resold at a 200% profit.[7] The newspaper published documents from the plant to prove its case, including identification numbers from the vehicles.[6]

Mugabe appointed a three-person panel, the Sandura Commission, to investigate the allegations. The Washington Post reported that the commission's hearings "struck a deep chord" in Zimbabwe, where citizens had grown to resent the perceived growing corruption of government. Five of Mugabe's cabinet ministers eventually resigned due to implication in the scandal, including Defense Minister Enos Nkala and Maurice Nyagumbo, the third highest-ranking official in Mugabe's party, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU).[7]

However, Nyartora and Maruziva were both forced out of their jobs and into newly created public relations positions in Harare.[8] Though the men were given pay raises, Mugabe also stated that the move was a result of their "overzealousness", leading to public belief that they had been removed for their reporting. ZANU parliamentarians also criticised Nyarota and Maruziva, with the Minister of State for National Security stating that criticism was welcome, but "to the extent that the press now deliberately target Government as their enemy, then we part ways."[9]

2000s

[edit]

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]

Also in 2009, the subsequent editor of The Chronicle, Brezhnev Malaba, was charged with libel in a story which concerning police corruption. Nduduzo Tshuma, a staff reporter at the newspaper, was also charged with libel, following the publication of an article alleging that members of the police were involved in a Grain Marketing Board Maize Scandal.[12]

Staff

[edit]

Current editor: Mduduzi Mathuthu

Reporters: Freedom Mupanedemo, Pamela Shumba, Prosper Ndlovu, Temba Dube, Thandeka Moyo, Mashudu Netsianda, Leornad Ncube, Auxillia Katongomara James Shikwati, Freeman Razemba, Factmore Dzobo, Givemore Muzariri, Oliver Kazunga, Lovemore Dube, Sikhanyisiwe Sibanda, Morris Mkwate,

Columnists: Stephen Mpofu, Sukulwenkosi Dube

Publisher: Zimpapers

Sister papers

[edit]

The Sunday News is the weekend version of The Chronicle. The Herald is the other well established newspaper published in Harare.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Musaka, Stanford D. (2003). "Press and Politics in Zimbabwe" (PDF). African Studies Quarterly. 7 (2&3): 171–183. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ "WAN - GEOFFREY NYAROTA, Zimbabwe". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Account Suspended". Mediainzimbabwe.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Zimbabwe Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers – television, circulation, stations, papers, number, print, freedom". Pressreference.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. ^ Nyarota, Geoffrey (2006). Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman – Geoffrey Nyarota – Google Books. Zebra. ISBN 9781770071124. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b Jane Perlez (20 January 1989). "Zimbabwe Reads of Officials' Secrets". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  7. ^ a b Karl Maier (15 April 1989). "3 Cabinet Ministers Quit in Zimbabwe as Corruption Report Is Published". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe Crisis: Foreign journalist held over newspaper bomb". The Independent. 28 April 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  9. ^ P.P. Jackson (2010). Shattered Dreams. AuthorHouse. pp. 52–3. ISBN 9781452043944. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  10. ^ [1] Archived 23 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Chronicle editor fired by Zimpapers". Newzimbabwe.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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