Zimbabwe News Sources

Zimbabwe news sources have grown considerably between year 2000 and 2010. This is the period when Zimbabwe experienced its worst economic down-turn as a result of political problems. The growth of news sources in Zimbabwe has also been biased towards independent online based publications

The reason for this skewed growth in the 10 years is a decline in the Zimbabwe economy and a poorly perfoming Zimbabwe currency. The exodus of Zimbabweans from Zimbabwe to live abroad has also been a factor. These Zimbos (as we are also jokingly calling ourselves)  are also estimated to be in their millions even by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe which launched the Homelink project for them press a constant daily demand on news from Zimbabwe. In the last few years there also has been a growth of independent Zimbabwe news papers published abroad but imported into Zimbabwe.

The following is a comprehensive list of Zimbabwe news sources relied upon by millions of Zimbabweans both living in Zimbabwe and abroad.

News Websites

1. Zimonline - based in Johannesburg South Africa
2. New Zimbabwe - based in the United Kingdom
3. Zimbabwe Situation - summaries news articles from different Zimbabwe news sources
4. ZimDaily - very critical of President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF
5. Mail & Guardian - based in South Africa (onwed by a Zimbabwean)
6. Zimbabwe Independent - based in Zimbabwe
7. The Standard - based in Zimbabwe
8. The Zimbabwe Times - based in the USA
9. The Herald - government of Zimbabwe controlled
10. The Chronicle - based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
11. The Sunday Mail - government controlled and based in Harare
12. The Zimbabwean - based in the United Kingdom

 Zimbabwe News -Print Newspapers

1. Mail and Guardian
2. Zimbabwe Independent
3. The Standard
4. The Chronicle
5. The Sunday Mail
6. The Sunday News
7. ZimDaily
8. The Prime Minister - a newsletter from the office of Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC party.

 There are other numerous Zimbabwe news sources relied upon in Zimbabwe. These would include online news publishers such as BBC, CNN, SABC, SkyNews and many others. Within Zimbabwe, satelite TV is very important. Many Zimbabwe people do not trust Zimbabwe TV also known as ZBC. Almost every household in urban and peri-urban centres has a satelite receiver for free to air channels including SkyNews, SABC (South Africa), BTV (Botswana), France24, PressTv and others. It is possible that the penetration rate of satelite TV in Zimbabwe is well over 40%.