Sandra Nyaira

Sandra Nyaira was a Zimbabwean investigative journalist[1] and communications and public information officer at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[2] Nyaira worked for Voice Of America (VOA)[3] in Washington DC and her work also featured in the London Times, The Guardian and The British Journalism Review.[4] Nyaira rose to fame after she became the first woman in Zimbabwe to take a leadership role in the newsroom at the age of 26[5] and also became more popular after she got arrested for exposing corrupt officials through an article she published.[6]

Sandra Nyaira
Born
Zimbabwe
Died(2021-07-13)July 13, 2021
NationalityZimbabwean
OccupationReporter, Journalist

In April 2001 she wrote articles accusing Robert Mugabe and the then parliamentary speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa of corruption, and again she was charged with criminal defamation that year.[7][8]

Nyaira has been a Shorenstein fellow at Harvard University.[1]

On 13 July 2021, it was reported that Nyaira had died of a COVID-19 related illness.[9]

References
  1. Aarti, Shahani (2017). "Building, And Losing, A Career On Facebook". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  2. "Staff certified as ECA Spokespersons and Opinion Leaders | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa". www.uneca.org. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  3. "Women's Forum: Personal Story of Top African Women: By Sandra Nyaira". VOA. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  4. Jr, Charles Cobb (2002-10-16). "Zimbabwe: I Never Thought I Would Be A Journalist - Sandra Nyaira". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  5. Mhiripiri, Dominic (February 19, 2011). "Kubatana - Archive - Zimbabwean journalist Sandra Nyaira: Bravery, talent and success". archive.kubatana.net. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  6. "Zimbabwe's Exiled Press". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  7. "Sandra Nyaira - IWMF". www.iwmf.org. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  8. Nyaira, Sandra (2016-07-22). "Chill Wind in Zimbabwe:". British Journalism Review. doi:10.1177/0956474803144007.
  9. Herald, The. "JUST IN: Veteran journalist Nyaira dies". The Herald. Retrieved 2021-07-13.


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