List of newspapers 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 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 (Zimbabwe), The Financial Gazette, the Zimbabwe Independent, and the Zimbabwe Daily News.
Daily newspapers
| Newspaper | Founded | Location | Ownership | Circulation | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Laboratory | 2020 | Gweru | Private | Online 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 |
| iHarare.com | Harare | Private | Online daily | English | ||
| Kwayedza | Harare | Government | Weekly | Shona | ||
| The Mail | 2003 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| The Manica Post | Mutare | Government | English | |||
| The Midlands Observer | Kwekwe | Government | English, Ndebele | |||
| The anchor | 2019 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| NewsDay | 2010 | Harare | Private | Daily | English | |
| Harare Sun | 2020 | Harare | Private | Daily | 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 | ||
| The Zimbabwe Daily | Online daily | English | ||||
| Zimbabwe Daily News | 2004 | Private | Online daily | English | ||
| Zimbabwe Independent | Harare | Private | Weekly | 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
- British South Africa Company Government Gazette (1894–1923)
- Evening Standard (until 1962), merged into The Herald[3]
- The Gweru Times (1895–2015)[4][5]
- Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times (1891–92), succeeded by The Rhodesia Herald
- Masvingo Star (defunct 2015)[4]
- The National Observer[3]
- The Northern Optimist (1894–1895), succeeded by The Gweru Times[5]
- Pungwe News (defunct 2015)[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Press Reference: Zimbabwe, accessed November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Press Freedom Index" Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. Reporters Without Borders.
- ^ a b "Independence Supplement – The Zimpapers Journey: 1980 to 2015". The Herald. 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ a b c "New Ziana shuts down print works". The Zimbabwean. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ a b Davis, Pat (March 1976). "The History of Gwelo: Part 1" (PDF). Rhodesiana. 34: 9–20.