Herald, Sunday Mail Editors Removed As Mutsvangwa Orders Reshuffle

The Herald editor Caesar Zvayi and his Sunday Mail counterpart Mabasa Sasa were removed from their positions in an editorial reshuffle at Zimpapers.

Zvayi’s former deputy Joram Nyathi is the new editor of The Herald, and will be deputised by the newspaper’s political editor, Tichaona Zindoga. Victoria Ruzvidzo, who was managing editor of The Herald, becomes the editor of The Sunday Mail. She will be deputised by Ranga Mataire, who was a senior reporter for The Southern Times. Ruth Butaumocho, who was gender editor for The Herald,  fills Ruzvidzo’s managing editor position.

Zvayi will assume a new position of editor at large, in charge of special projects “including overseeing of well researched political and economic content as well as special revenue generating supplements.” Sasa will assume a newly-created position of head of content syndication. His new assignment is to create and run a “news agency business of the group that will distribute content across all titles and to external partners.” ZimLive.com reports that no editorial changes are expected at Zimpapers Bulawayo, where Innocent Madonko will stay on as editor of The Chronicle while Limukani Ncube heads The Sunday News.