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NewsDay editor quits
23 Mar 2015 at 17:34hrs | Views
Calls its quits - Nevanji Madanhire
NEWSDAY Editor Nevanji Madanhire has resigned from Alpha Media Holdings as part of 'the organisations restructuring exercise' Bulawayo24 News can reveal.
Madanhire's reasons for quitting are not yet clearer but AMH claims that his departure is in line with the organizations restructuring exercise which will see the Southern Eye move from a daily publication to a supplement in the NewsDay with effect from the 1st April 2015.
Nevanji was appointed Editor of the NewsDay in January 2014 after having been Editor of The Standard and Deputy Editor of The Zimbabwe Independent.
There was speculation this morning that Madanhire was on his way out.
This has been confirmed by AMH General Manager - Human Capital, Edith Kayinga.
She said: "We are sad to announce the departure of Nevanji Madanhire, NewsDay Editor from the business. Nevanji exits the business after five years of dedicated commitment to Alpha Media Holdings. Nevanji was appointed Editor of the NewsDay in January 2014 after having been Editor of The Standard and Deputy Editor of The Zimbabwe Independent.
"Nevanji's departure is in line with the organizations restructuring exercise which will see the Southern Eye move from a daily publication to a supplement in the NewsDay with effect from the 1st April 2015.
"We are happy for the times that we have shared with Nevanji and are grateful for the invaluable contribution he has made to Alpha Media Holdings. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours.
"In the meantime Wisdom Mdzungairi will be the acting Editor of the NewsDay."
Madanhire will be remembered, together with Nqaba Matshazi, for the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling which turned out to be a landmark judgement decriminalising defamation.
In 2011 while at the Standard, Madanhire and his reporter Patience Nyangove were once arrested after they published a story about former Minister of State Jameson Timba being detained. They were accused of defaming police after an article in the paper quoted people fearing for the safety of a government minister in police custody.
In 2014 he was arrested together with another reporter Moses Matenga following publication of a story of a three-year-old Harare boy, Neil Tanatswa Mutyora, who was hit by a speeding commuter omnibus during a police chase.
He was also arrested after businessman-cum-politician Munyaradzi Kereke, founder and chairman of Green Card Medical Aid Society, claimed that he and former Standard reporter Nqaba Matshazi had criminally defamed him.
Madanhire's reasons for quitting are not yet clearer but AMH claims that his departure is in line with the organizations restructuring exercise which will see the Southern Eye move from a daily publication to a supplement in the NewsDay with effect from the 1st April 2015.
Nevanji was appointed Editor of the NewsDay in January 2014 after having been Editor of The Standard and Deputy Editor of The Zimbabwe Independent.
There was speculation this morning that Madanhire was on his way out.
This has been confirmed by AMH General Manager - Human Capital, Edith Kayinga.
She said: "We are sad to announce the departure of Nevanji Madanhire, NewsDay Editor from the business. Nevanji exits the business after five years of dedicated commitment to Alpha Media Holdings. Nevanji was appointed Editor of the NewsDay in January 2014 after having been Editor of The Standard and Deputy Editor of The Zimbabwe Independent.
"Nevanji's departure is in line with the organizations restructuring exercise which will see the Southern Eye move from a daily publication to a supplement in the NewsDay with effect from the 1st April 2015.
"We are happy for the times that we have shared with Nevanji and are grateful for the invaluable contribution he has made to Alpha Media Holdings. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours.
"In the meantime Wisdom Mdzungairi will be the acting Editor of the NewsDay."
Madanhire will be remembered, together with Nqaba Matshazi, for the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling which turned out to be a landmark judgement decriminalising defamation.
In 2011 while at the Standard, Madanhire and his reporter Patience Nyangove were once arrested after they published a story about former Minister of State Jameson Timba being detained. They were accused of defaming police after an article in the paper quoted people fearing for the safety of a government minister in police custody.
In 2014 he was arrested together with another reporter Moses Matenga following publication of a story of a three-year-old Harare boy, Neil Tanatswa Mutyora, who was hit by a speeding commuter omnibus during a police chase.
He was also arrested after businessman-cum-politician Munyaradzi Kereke, founder and chairman of Green Card Medical Aid Society, claimed that he and former Standard reporter Nqaba Matshazi had criminally defamed him.
Source - Byo24News
