Sunday Mail Deputy Editor Fired

The state-owned weekly, The Sunday Mail newspaper is reported to have fired its deputy editor Munyaradzi Huni after 25 years of service. Online publication, ZimLive.com reports that Huni wrote a Sunday Mail column under the name Bishop Lazarus which mainly targeted opposition political leaders. Huni also ran the ‘Second Chimurenga Chronicles’ a project to document the experiences of former liberation fighters.

He is reported to have told friends that he had been informed that “the system wants you gone.” There are allegations that he was “too close” to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. Zimpapers is yet to comment on the matter.

More: Zimlive.com