Trevor Ncube

Trevor Ncube

Trevor Vusumuzi Ncube (born 9 September, 1962) is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher now living in South Africa.

Ncube was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He publishes South Africa's "Mail & Guardian" weekly newspaper, part of "The Guardian" group of newspapers and in Zimbabwe, sister publications [http://www.thezimbabweindependent.com/ The Zimbabwe Independent] and [http://www.thezimbabwestandard.com/ The Sunday Standard] .

Ncube holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economic History from the University of Zimbabwe. He was a teacher at Pumula High School in the early 1980s. In 1989 he became assistant editor at "The Financial Gazette", and became executive editor in 1991. [cite web |url= http://www.iiss.org/conferences/recent-key-addresses/trevor-ncube-address|title= Oppenheimer Lecture to the IISS by Trevor Ncube|accessdate=2007-10-18 |publisher=The International Institute For Strategic Studies] In 1994 he was named Zimbabwean Editor of the Year.

On the 10th of December, 2005 Ncube had his passport taken away by the government of Robert Mugabe, in the first application of restrictive press freedom laws.cite news
url=http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1848809,00.html
title=Zim 'undermines press freedom'
date=2005-12-10
work=News24.com] The passport was later returned after the seizure was exposed to be illegal.cite news
url=http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1850797,00.html
title=Zim returns Ncube's passport
date=2005-12-14
work=News24.com] The government of Zimbabwe tried again, unsuccessfully, to strip him of his citizenship on the basis that his father was born in Zambia. The attempt was seen by many as an attempt to close his newspapers which are highly critical of the government of Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe. cite news
url=http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/15/12930.html
title=Trevor Ncube's Zim citizenship saga
work=BIZCOMMUNITY.COM] Zimbabwean law does not allow foreigners to own newspapers.

References

External links

* [http://www.mg.co.za/ Mail & Guardian Online]


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