[Dumisani Ndlela] The launch of at least three daily newspapers, including the banned Daily News, has been stalled by delays in the issuance of licences by government, but project promoters have already launched aggressive marketing campaigns to woo prospective readers. 10 Sep 2009 08:48
[Dumisani Ndlela] Finance minister Tendai Biti has scrapped a 40% customs duty on imported newspapers and magazines, saying access to information was essential to enhance decision-making in a global environment. 21 Jul 2009 09:35
[Dumisani Ndlela] The state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) said circulation for its daily newspaper The Herald had recovered, going up from 8 000 copies sold daily last year to 30 000 copies since the economy was dollarized this year. However, group CEO, Justin Mutasa, said further increase in circulation depended on newsprint supplies from Mondi in South Africa. 9 Jun 2009 11:05
[Sam Hungwe] Zimind Publishers, a newspaper publishing house, is looking for an agency to launch a marketing campaign for its planned daily newspaper, NewsDay, which has already started recruiting staff. 6 Apr 2009 11:06
[Sam Hungwe] The internet survived a slump in patronage or visibility that affected all the other media in Zimbabwe from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008, the Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services (ZAMPS) survey has revealed. 23 Mar 2009 12:18
[Sam Hungwe] Zimind Publishers, which publishes two weekly titles, The Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, has been granted a licence to start a daily newspaper in the country, a move likely to mark the beginning of a new media era in the country. 12 Mar 2009 16:16
[Dumisani Ndlela] The country's mainstream newspapers this week began retailing in foreign currency after being granted exchange control approval by the country's central bank. 23 Jan 2009 09:48
[Dumisani Ndlela] An unprecedented shortage of newsprint has hit the newspaper industry after the local paper producer shut down its plants over “technical problems.” 20 Oct 2008 12:16
[Dumisani Ndlela] The Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) group has revealed that its newspaper titles have suffered significant sales losses due to an arduous cash crisis, devastating the country's newspaper publishing industry. 22 Sep 2008 10:19
Hopewell Rugoh-Chin'ono, from Zimbabwe, has been awarded the top prize at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Awards ceremony. 21 Jul 2008 10:12
The World Association of Newspapers had told Mugabe to drop a "luxury" tax clearly aimed at stifling news. 8 Jul 2008 08:23
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had disowned an article published under his name in Britain's Guardian newspaper on Wednesday, 25 June 2008, in which he was said to have called for “words of indignation by world leaders to be backed by the moral rectitude of military force”. 27 Jun 2008 13:43
A street vendor has been arrested and faces a jail term of as much as six months for listening to critical radio program. In addition, his newspaper copies were seized. 24 Jun 2008 09:07