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Nyemudzai Kakore Harare Bureau
THE Zimbabwe Mail has shut down its operations owing to financial constraints, barely a year after it began publishing. The paper failed to find its footing in the competitive media industry and was always on a shoe string budget since inception. The financial woes forced the daily to turn into a weekly last month. The Zimbabwe Mail published its last issue on Wednesday which carried a notice to its readers on its closure.
The notice, inserted by board chairperson Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga, was published on the first page in bold.
“The board and management of the Zimbabwe Mail wishes to advise its valued clients and stakeholders that we shall be suspending operations effective March 18, 2015 until further notice.
“We wish to thank our stakeholders for the support you gave us during our time of operation,” read the statement.
The paper’s closure comes on the heels of the announcement by Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of NewsDay, the Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard that it will stop printing Southern Eye at the end of this month due to viability challenges.
AMH editor in chief Vincent Kahiya on Thursday last week told staff at the newspaper in Bulawayo that as part of the organisation’s cost-cutting measures, the paper would cease publication on April 1. He said lack of advertising and poor sales had contributed to the decision.
Some of Southern Eye’s journalists will be reassigned to NewsDay and The Independent in Harare.
The editor, Kholwani Nyathi, according to sources, will remain in Bulawayo leading a small team that will continue publishing the newspaper online.
Staff at Zim Mail on Wednesday said they were baffled by the fact that no one bothered to officially address them before the closure. They said the paper owed them more than $10,000 each.
“We’re actually surprised that the management did not bother to address us before the shutdown. Our editor Mr Constantine Chimakure was dictated the news on Tuesday night and had to make a follow up by phone when we had already left for home. They’ve promised to address us on Friday (today) on the way forward,” said another staff member.
The paper’s closure is alleged to have been inevitable as it has been hit by numerous woes.
After its daily publication, the paper announced it had transformed itself into a weekly paper last month to give customers value for their money.
Zimbabwe Mail had been struggling to pay its workers since September last year. Workers had been given half salaries being promised the balance on an improved paper.
However, most workers left the media house to join other media houses before the collapse. Nyemudzai Kakore
Harare Bureau
THE Zimbabwe Mail has shut down its operations owing to financial constraints, barely a year after it began publishing.
The paper failed to find its footing in the competitive media industry and was always on a shoe string budget since inception. The financial woes forced the daily to turn into a weekly last month.
The Zimbabwe Mail published its last issue on Wednesday which carried a notice to its readers on its closure.
The notice, inserted by board chairperson Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga, was published on the first page in bold.
“The board and management of the Zimbabwe Mail wishes to advise its valued clients and stakeholders that we shall be suspending operations effective March 18, 2015 until further notice.
“We wish to thank our stakeholders for the support you gave us during our time of operation,” read the statement.
The paper’s closure comes on the heels of the announcement by Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of NewsDay, the Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard that it will stop printing Southern Eye at the end of this month due to viability challenges.
AMH editor in chief Vincent Kahiya on Thursday last week told staff at the newspaper in Bulawayo that as part of the organisation’s cost-cutting measures, the paper would cease publication on April 1. He said lack of advertising and poor sales had contributed to the decision.
Some of Southern Eye’s journalists will be reassigned to NewsDay and The Independent in Harare.
The editor, Kholwani Nyathi, according to sources, will remain in Bulawayo leading a small team that will continue publishing the newspaper online.
Staff at Zim Mail on Wednesday said they were baffled by the fact that no one bothered to officially address them before the closure. They said the paper owed them more than $10,000 each.
“We’re actually surprised that the management did not bother to address us before the shutdown. Our editor Mr Constantine Chimakure was dictated the news on Tuesday night and had to make a follow up by phone when we had already left for home. They’ve promised to address us on Friday (today) on the way forward,” said another staff member.
The paper’s closure is alleged to have been inevitable as it has been hit by numerous woes.
After its daily publication, the paper announced it had transformed itself into a weekly paper last month to give customers value for their money.
Zimbabwe Mail had been struggling to pay its workers since September last year. Workers had been given half salaries being promised the balance on an improved paper.
However, most workers left the media house to join other media houses before the collapse. Nyemudzai Kakore
Harare Bureau
THE Zimbabwe Mail has shut down its operations owing to financial constraints, barely a year after it began publishing.
The paper failed to find its footing in the competitive media industry and was always on a shoe string budget since inception. The financial woes forced the daily to turn into a weekly last month.
The Zimbabwe Mail published its last issue on Wednesday which carried a notice to its readers on its closure.
The notice, inserted by board chairperson Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga, was published on the first page in bold.
“The board and management of the Zimbabwe Mail wishes to advise its valued clients and stakeholders that we shall be suspending operations effective March 18, 2015 until further notice.
“We wish to thank our stakeholders for the support you gave us during our time of operation,” read the statement.
The paper’s closure comes on the heels of the announcement by Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of NewsDay, the Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard that it will stop printing Southern Eye at the end of this month due to viability challenges.
AMH editor in chief Vincent Kahiya on Thursday last week told staff at the newspaper in Bulawayo that as part of the organisation’s cost-cutting measures, the paper would cease publication on April 1. He said lack of advertising and poor sales had contributed to the decision.
Some of Southern Eye’s journalists will be reassigned to NewsDay and The Independent in Harare.
The editor, Kholwani Nyathi, according to sources, will remain in Bulawayo leading a small team that will continue publishing the newspaper online.
Staff at Zim Mail on Wednesday said they were baffled by the fact that no one bothered to officially address them before the closure. They said the paper owed them more than $10,000 each.
“We’re actually surprised that the management did not bother to address us before the shutdown. Our editor Mr Constantine Chimakure was dictated the news on Tuesday night and had to make a follow up by phone when we had already left for home. They’ve promised to address us on Friday (today) on the way forward,” said another staff member.
The paper’s closure is alleged to have been inevitable as it has been hit by numerous woes.
After its daily publication, the paper announced it had transformed itself into a weekly paper last month to give customers value for their money.
Zimbabwe Mail had been struggling to pay its workers since September last year. Workers had been given half salaries being promised the balance on an improved paper.
However, most workers left the media house to join other media houses before the collapse.
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