Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa fired from ZBC

Journalist Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa was fired from ZBC in April.

263Bulletin has learnt from online publication Zimlive that Ruvheneko was fired without an explanation.

She had joined the state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation in September last year as director of corporate communications. She was however suddenly fired on April 26 by the state broadcaster’s board chairman Josaya Tayi.

Parirenyatwa kept exit from the ZBC a secret. The journalist suddenly let the cat out of the bag on Wednesday after learning that CapiTalk which is owned by Zimpapers, had suspended its head of content Nyaradzo Makombe over a programme which censors did not approve.

In what seems to be a reaction to Makombe’s suspension Ruvheneko wrote

Parirenyatwa was also sacked from CapiTalk in 2018. She had joined CapiTalk from ZiFM where she was also fired for interviewing ThisFlag activist Evan Mawarire.

The ZBC has not responded to Zimlive’s requests for comment. When contacted by Zimlive, Parirenyatwa said she was not yet ready to discuss her exit from the state broadcaster.

Ruvheneko was fired from ZiFM Stereo by the station’s owner, Zanu PF (MP) for Nyanga South,Hon Supa Mandiwanzira.

Mandiwanzira was irked after Ruvheneko interviewed Mawarire on the station at a time when the activist campaigned for an uprising against former President Robert Mugabe, who was eventually ousted in a military coup.

Ruvheneko was sacked from CapiTalk together with the then station’s manager Napoleon Nyanhi in August 2018 after she opened the phone lines to angry Zimbabweans in the aftermath of an army shooting in the streets of Harare in August following protests over delays in releasing election results.

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