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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]
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police said 22 people were killed and two injured late on Tuesday after a minibus collided with a truck on a highway, which links the country to the South African border.
Radio houses are also eligible to awards [1] in Zimbabwe, to appreciate the contributions made. Radio is also regarded as part of the media industry in Zimbabwe and some radio presenters [2] also receive awards. Bulawayo hosts ROIL BYO [3] Awards media awards annually.
On 3 October 2024, six armed men raided a Safeguard Security Services vehicle parked outside Ecobank's Parkade Centre branch in Bulawayo. The theft was valued at US$ 4–5 million, making it one of the largest bank robberies 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 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 ...
Bulawayo (/ b ʊ l ə ˈ w ɑː j oʊ /, /-ˈ w eɪ oʊ /; [3] Northern Ndebele: Bulawayo) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. [4] The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, [ 5 ] while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about 1.2 million.
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]