The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) has learnt with shock the untimely death of Mr Bornwell Chakaodza, the deputy board chairperson of the VMCZ, who died in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 01 February, 2012, at St Anne’s Hospital. Mr Chakaodza was also the vice-chairperson of the VMCZ Media Complaints Committee.
He started his professional working life as a teacher at Thekwani High School in Plumtree, between 1975-1977, he then became a Political Reporter with the then Rhodesia Herald, now the Herald. He later became the deputy editor of the Hansard from 1982 to 1984. He was a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Zimbabwe. Between 1993 and 1997 he was appointed the Director of Information in the Ministry of Information before taking up a post as the editor of the Herald, a position he held for two years before he was appointed Managing Director of Zimbabwe Newspapers. In 2002 he was appointed Editor of The Standard, a position he held before he left the mainstream media. Mr Chakaodza wrote extensively on media, development studies and health matters and has lectured journalism at the Division of Mass Communication Harare Polytechnic and Christian College of the Southern Africa (CCOSA). He graduated with a BA degree and Certificate in Education, Diploma in Journalism from the then University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland an MA and M. Phil degrees from the University of York in England in 1982. He will be sorely missed by all in the journalism field and we pray that the comforting spirit of the Lord be with his family and friends during this difficult time. Mourners are gathered at 82 Goodrington Drive in Bluffhill. Funeral arrangements are still to be finalized. May his soul find comfort and rest in peace.
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