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Mabasa Sasa

Harare Bureau
Zimpapers 1980 Ltd has announced four senior appointments to fill vacant positions at its head office and the newspaper and radio divisions.

Zimpapers Group Chief Executive Pikirayi Deketeke announced in a statement yesterday the appointment of Farai Matanhire as Group Chief Finance Officer replacing Adolf Majome who left the group last year.

Matanhire previously worked as finance director at Lafarge Cement Ltd and also held senior finance positions at several other companies.

Mabasa Sasa, who has been acting editor of The Sunday Mail since June 2014, has been appointed substantive editor of the country’s biggest weekly newspaper.

Sasa previously served as Editor of the Southern Times based in Namibia from April 2011 to November 2013 when he was appointed Deputy Editor of The Herald, the group flagship.

Comfort Mbofana has been appointed general manager of Zimpapers’ radio, Star FM.

He previously served as deputy general manager and programmes manager of the same radio station.

Joram Nyathi replaces Sasa as Deputy Editor of The Herald after serving as Senior Assistant Editor and Group Political Editor since December 2013 until his latest appointment.

All the appointments are with effect from August 1 2015.