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 influential Daily News, which regularly published criticism of the government, was shut down in 2002, however its director Wilf Mbanga started The Zimbabwean soon after to continue challenging the Mugabe regime.[1] The first daily independent Zimbabwean daily newspaper, following Daily News, NewsDay, started publishing in 2010. Journalists can be fired by the Ministry of Information if content is deemed inappropriate.[2] Other notable Zimbabwean newspapers in print include The Chronicle, The Financial Gazette, the Zimbabwe Independent, and the Zimbabwe Daily News.
Daily newspapers
edit| Newspaper | Founded | Location | Ownership | Circulation | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Anchor | 2019 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| Business Weekly | Private | Weekly | English | |||
| The Chronicle | 1894 | Bulawayo | Government | Daily | English | |
| Daily News | 1999 | Harare | Private | 100,000+ | Daily | English |
| The Financial Gazette | Harare | Private | 50,000+ | Weekly | English | |
| The Harare Tribune | 2001 | Harare | Private | Online daily | English | |
| The Herald | 1892 | Harare | Government | 50,000+ | Daily | English |
| Kwayedza | Harare | Government | Weekly | Shona | ||
| The Manica Post | Mutare | Government | English | |||
| The Midlands Observer | Kwekwe | Government | English, Ndebele | |||
| NewsDay | 2010 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| Harare Mirror | 2023 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| News Report Zimbabwe | 2018 | Harare | Private | Weekly | English | |
| Southern Eye | 2013 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| The Standard | Harare | Private | Weekly | English | ||
| The Sunday Mail | Harare | Government | Weekly | English | ||
| uMthunywa | Bulawayo | Government | Weekly | Ndebele | ||
| DailyTimes Zimbabwe | Harare | Private | Online daily | English | ||
| Zimbabwe Daily News | 2004 | Private | Online daily | English | ||
| Zimbabwe Independent | Harare | Private | Weekly | English | ||
| The Zimbabwe Mail | 2003 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| Zimbabwe Metro | 2007 | Gaborone, Botswana | Private | Online daily | English | |
| Zimbabwe Telegraph | 2008 | Private | Daily | English | ||
| Zimbabwe Tribune | 2009 | Private | Online daily | English | ||
| The Zimbabwean | 2005 | Private | Weekly | English |
Defunct newspapers
edit- British South Africa Company Government Gazette (1894–1923)
- The Central African Examiner (1957–1965)[3]
- Evening Standard (until 1962), merged into The Herald[4]
- The Gatooma Mail[5]
- The Gweru Times (1895–2015)[6][7]
- Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times (1891–1892), succeeded by The Rhodesia Herald
- Masvingo Star (ceased publication 2015)[6]
- The National Observer[4]
- The Northern Optimist (1894–1895), succeeded by The Gweru Times[7]
- Pungwe News (ceased publication 2015)[6]
- Rhodesian Advertiser[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Press Reference: Zimbabwe, accessed November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Press Freedom Index" Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Reporters Without Borders.
- ^ King, Anthony (1996). "The Central African Examiner, 1957–1965" (PDF). Zambezia. XXIII (ii): 133.
- ^ a b "Independence Supplement – The Zimpapers Journey: 1980 to 2015". The Herald. April 18, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ a b Sternberg, Peter; Barton, Sheliegh (2017). 100 Years: A History of the Gatooma Library. Lulu Press. ISBN 978-1-912416-00-4.
- ^ a b c "New Ziana shuts down print works". The Zimbabwean. August 26, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ a b Davis, Pat (March 1976). "The History of Gwelo: Part 1" (PDF). Rhodesiana. 34: 9–20.