| Organisation | Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe |
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| Abbreviation | ANZ |
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| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Location | Harare |
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| Sector | Press - General |
| Organisation Type | African Private Sector |
| Status | Established 1998 |
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| Notes | ANZ are the publishers of the closed Daily News and Daily News On Sunday. ANZ has been involved in a protracted legal battle for an operating license since its closure by the MIC in September 2003. ANZ was registered in 1998, when the founding editors Geoffrey Nyarota and Wilf Mbanga teamed up with Africa Media Investments (AMI) to launch a daily paper – The Daily News - and four provincial newspapers – The Tribune (Masvingo), The Dispatch (Bulawayo) The Express (Chitungwiza) and The Eastern Star (Mutare). The four provincial papers closed soon after their launch owing to financial problems. Communications entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, the owner of Econet, one of Zimbabwe’s cell phone providers, bought into ANZ in 2002 through his company Meditation Investments. Masiyiwa also has a stake in the ZIMind Publishers, the owners of the weekly Independent and Standard newspapers (see below). London-based media entrepreneur Derek Smail is behind AMI. SHAREHOLDERS Meditation Investments (Pvt) Ltd – 50% Africa Media Investments – 32% Diamond Insurance Company of Zimbabwe – 1% The rest of the shareholding of 17% is spread among Southern Life Association, Intermarket Life Assurance, NDM Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Batanai Capital Finance (Pvt) Ltd, Dr Ali Mohamed and Judith Todd. [ http://www.kubatana.net/docs/media/misaz_media_ownership_zim_051130.pdf - Retrieved on 10 Oct 2007 ] |
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| Position | Name | From | To |
| Chief Executive Office | Samuel Nkomo | 2003 | |
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| Subsidiary Organisations | The Daily News - Operation Suspended 12 September 2003 |
| Daily News on Sunday - Operation Suspended 12 September 2003 |
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| Record last updated on 17 OCT 2007 |