The Zimbabwean
A Voice for the Voiceless | |
Type | Newspaper, website |
---|---|
Format | Tabloid |
Founder(s) | Wilf Mbanga |
Editor-in-chief | Cees van der Laan[1] |
Founded | 2005 |
Language | 2005 |
City | London |
Country | England, South Africa |
Website | www |
The Zimbabwean is a newspaper in Zimbabwe. Founded by Wilf Mbanga in 2005, it was edited in London and printed in South Africa, near the border with Zimbabwe. By 2021 it had become a weekly paper with a large online presence.
Background
In 1999, Wilf Mbanga founded an independent Zimbabwean newspaper titled, with the goal of providing neutral coverage of events occurring in the country, but within three years Mbanga was arrested for anti-government activities. He was eventually acquitted, but was banned by the government, and Mbanga was declared an "Enemy of the People".[2] Following several death threats, Mbanga fled to Europe, first to the Netherlands and then to England.[3]
Foundation, audience, and funding
With monetary assistance from the
2009 crisis and advertising campaign
Following the government decision to tax the paper as luxury, The Zimbabwean got
Notable contributors
- Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean novelist, columnist for the paper[15]
- Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo [16]
- Eddie Cross
- Tendai Ruben Mbofana, Zimbabwean Writer & Journalist
See also
References
- ^ Loes Reijmer, "Cees van der Laan nieuwe hoofdredacteur Trouw" (in Dutch), de Volkskrant, 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (24 June 2009). "Zimbabwean newspaper campaign turns worthless banknotes into gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Exiled newspaper gets funding to expand". The Doha Center for Media Freedom. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ Lennard, Jeremy (11 February 2005). "'A voice for the voiceless'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Diaspora to launch weekly newspaper". afrol. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Paper launches unusual campaign to beat censorship tax". The Doha Center for Media Freedom. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ a b Clarke, Christina (1 September 2009). "You say you want a revolution". Boards.
- ^ "The Zimbabwean Newspaper 'trillion dollar Campaign' by TBWA Hunt Lascaris". Campaign. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ "Ad campaign in the running again". The Zimbabwean. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ Vasquez, Diego (1 April 2009). "Turning the medium into the message". Media Life.
- ^ "Stryd teen die regime". Sake24 (in Afrikaans). 28 March 2009.
- ^ "Money Message". The Times. 11 April 2009.
- ^ "The Zimbabwean Trillion Dollar campaign". TBWA Hunt Lascaris. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Trillion Dollar campaign breaks records". The Zimbabwean. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Grundy, Trevor (21 July 2015). "Chenjerai Hove: Novelist forced into exile from his native Zimbabwe who sought in his work to give a voice to the voiceless of Africa". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
Hove wrote regularly for that paper. Like Voltaire, Hove believed that the best way to get rid of dictators was to laugh at them. In one column, Hove asked his readers to remember the stories they'd heard as children – especially the story about the proud monkey who climbed to the top of the tallest tree seeking applause from below.
- ^ "Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo". www.thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- "Nelson Chamisa's Face as a Logo – A Questionable Choice for CCC". www.thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- https://observers.france24.com/en/20170109-illegal-water-trade-springs-taps-run-dry-zimbabwe
- "Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo". www.thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 2024-03-07.