Tafataona Mahoso
Dr. Tafataona P. Mahoso | |
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Chairman Media and Information Commission | |
In office 2003–2008 | |
President | Robert Mugabe |
Succeeded by | Chinondidyachii Mararike |
Personal details | |
Born | ZANU-PF | 12 January 1957
Tafataona P. Mahoso, dubbed 'the Media Hangman' by local and international media,
He was controversially reappointed to a Zimbabwe media board in October 2009 even though a parliamentary committee gave him low marks during an interview.
Education
He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Literature and History from
War with the Media
The Tribune
He closed down The Tribune and its sister newspaper The Weekend Tribune, on the ground that they did not inform him of a change of ownership.[5]
ANZ
He has fought to deny a license to ANZ, publishers of the
Columnist
He writes a weekly column in the Sunday Mail, which he regularly uses to support government policies on one hand and to attack perceived enemies of the state on the other.[7] He has attacked Gideon Gono on the cash shortages in Zimbabwe in the same column.[8]
Personal life
Little is known about Mahoso's personal life. The scanty reports available indicate that during his time in America, attending school and teaching, he cohabited with a woman called Ruth Laughlin [9]
See also
References
- ^ "Zimbabwe Media Commission Controversially Engages 'Media Hangman' Mahoso". Voice of America Africa. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "MIC Delays Journalists' Accreditation". The Zimbabwe Gazette. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ "Banned Zim paper invited". afrol News. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ "Tafataona Mahoso: A man of many hats". Bulawayo24.
- ^ "'The Zimbabwean' in danger". The Zimbabwean.
- ^ "We welcome self-regulation: Mahoso". The Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ "African Focus". Sunday Mail.
- ^ "Gono Now a Serious National Security Threat - Mahoso". ZimDaily. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ "Iowa Women's Archives - Ruth Laughlin- University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa".