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Journalist Fellows' Papers

The Dangerous Game: Relations Between Zimbabwe’s Independent Media And Zanu PF

Zimbabwe’s politics has been dominated for years by Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF. As Mugabe finally fell from power, toppled by factions within the political party he had once so tightly controlled, journalist fellow Tatenda Prosper Chitagu analysed the role two of the country’s main privately owned newspapers, The Newsday and The Daily News in the power struggles that brought down the president.

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Tatenda Prosper Chitagu

Tatenda Chitagu is a Zimbabwean Journalist with close to ten years’ experience. He writes for the biggest privately owned daily paper, The Newsday, as well as its two sister weeklies, The Standard and The Independent. Tatenda is based in the... Read more about Tatenda Prosper Chitagu