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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. [ 1 ]
Originally a newspaper Publishing company, in the 2010s it expanded its operations to include commercial printing, radio and television. The company's portfolio includes over a dozen Magazines and newspapers, including The Herald and The Chronicle, several radio stations, and a television network. It is the largest newspaper publisher in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is host to some of the oldest newspapers in Africa; The Herald, Zimbabwe's major newspaper, replaced the Mashonaland and Zambesian Times, which was present from the late 1890s. The Herald has seen a decline in readership from 132,000 to between 50,000 and 100,000 in recent years. [ 1 ]
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 published in Bulawayo, where the majority of the population belongs to the Ndebele people .
The Trust created Zimbabwe Newspapers, Ltd., as the publisher of the papers. In mid-May 2008, its website was briefly shut down by cyber hackers. [9] For Robert Mugabe's 93rd birthday, the state-owned newspaper issued a 24-page supplement packed with goodwill messages from government departments. [10]
The Chronicle (Zimbabwe) D. Daily News (Harare) F. The Financial Gazette; H. Harare Tribune; The Herald (Zimbabwe) L. List of newspapers in Zimbabwe; M. The Mail ...
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.
By 1988, the concept was abandoned and continued in its multi-party form. In 1989, Chronicle editors Geoffrey Nyarota and Davison Maruziva exposed what was known as the Willowgate scandal which exposed corruption of the authorities during a shortage of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. It emerged that foreign vehicles were sold at cheaper prices ...