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Daily News ‘Editor’ Guthrie Munyuki, On Forced Leave For ‘Spying’ For Mnangagwa

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Daily News ‘Editor’ Guthrie Munyuki, On Forced Leave For ‘Spying’ For Mnangagwa

PUBLISHERS of the Daily News have sent senior assistant editor, Guthrie Munyuki, on forced leave after agitated junior staffers in the privately owned paper demanded his ouster for allegedly spying for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s faction within paper. “Munyuki was forced to take a ‘precautionary leave’ up to the end of January to allow internal investigations into the allegations to be carried out,” said a source within the paper. It has further emerged that Zanu…

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VP Mphoko US$50 million Lawsuit Against Daily News For ‘Defamation’ Is Ridiculous’ -(ANZ)

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VP Mphoko US$50 million Lawsuit Against Daily News For ‘Defamation’ Is Ridiculous’ -(ANZ)

Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), the publishers of the Daily News, has described as ridiculous Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s demand for a staggering $50 million in compensation for alleged defamation regarding a story that the newspaper carried two months ago. In his High Court lawsuit in which he cites the Daily News’ Chief Writer Fungi Kwaramba, Group Editor Stanley Gama, ANZ and its printing division Printco as respondents, following the June 5, 2015 article that…

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VP. Mphoko Sues Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) US$50 Million Over Defamation

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VP. Mphoko Sues Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) US$50 Million Over Defamation

VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has sued Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), the publishers of the Daily News, over a defamatory article and is demanding $50 million compensation from the paper for libel. VP Mphoko has sued Daily News chief reporter Fungi Kwaramba; the group’s editor-in-chief, Stanley Gama; ANZ and Printco (Pvt) Ltd over a story claiming that he was “a sellout” and “enriched himself with the blood of the people of this country”. The lawsuit filed…

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Supreme Court Judgment Repercusions: Financial Gazette To Cut Staff By 35%,

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Supreme Court Judgment Repercusions: Financial Gazette To Cut Staff By 35%,

Local media houses like all other sectors of the economy continue fire workers with the Financial Gazette’s editor-in-chief Sunsleey Chamunorwa being the latest in a long list of causalities. Owned by former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono, the Financial Gazette announced in its latest edition that it would cut staff by 35%, sending shockwaves across the industry. Early this week, Alpha Media Holdings publishers of The Standard, NewsDay and The Zimbabwe Independent cut…

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