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Zimpapers Sports Hub
ZIMPAPERS Sports Hub reporters Langton Nyakwenda and Veronica Gwaze were part of the company’s journalists who got recognition from the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists at the 2025 National Journalism and Media Awards night in Harare on Thursday.
Nyakwenda was Sports Journalist of the Year while Gwaze won the Gender-based Violence award.
Gwaze’s story that won her the award was that of a personality in the sports fraternity who had suffered gender-based violence for close to two decades.
“With issues of Gender-Based Violence taking centre stage on critical debates globally, spotlight is almost mainly on women as they are believed to be the chief victims.
“But while society, which is largely patriarchal and expects men to be macho, many of them are suffering in the shadows, and have turned into silent victims of GBV,” Gwaze said.
“It is against this background that I felt compelled to place myself in the shoes of men and lend them a listening ear. In the process, a renowned sports medic had the confidence to open up and share his close to 20-year-long journey in ‘hell’.’’
Gwaze applauded the support she received from her family and Zimpapers, especially her editors and workmates who have played a key role in her nurturing in the industry.
Nyakwenda also saluted his superiors and Zimpapers for affording him the platform to shine in his chosen career path.
“I would like to obviously thank God for keeping me alive, and my family for the support. Credit also goes to Zimpapers for affording me the platform to shine at this level.
“My bosses and my workmates have played a crucial role in this achievement because we are always shaping fresh ideas and different news angles,’’ Nyakwenda said.
The achievements by the pair of Nyakwenda and Gwaze underscore Zimpapers dominance of the national media landscape and the Sports Hub’s role as the authoritative voice of sport in the country.
Well done Langton and Veronica. If Tadious Manyepo had won, I was going to protest heavily. Lol!