Africa Links 24 with AFP
Published on 2025-03-23 18:51:34
The founder of Zimbabwe’s first independent daily newspaper, credited with opening up the country’s tightly controlled media space, has died aged 74, his family said on Sunday.
Geoff Nyarota had been battling cancer, his son Julian Tafirenyika Nyarota told AFP.
Launched in 1999, the newspaper The Daily News was the sole independent daily in the southern African nation for years, providing a critical voice against long-serving president Robert Mugabe, who stayed in power for more…
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