Sunday News editor Paul Mambo buried

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
Scores of mourners thronged the Mambo homestead in Mpande Village some 135km west of Beitbridge town to bid farewell to Sunday News editor Paul Mambo (46) who succumbed to meningitis at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo on Saturday evening. Speaker
after speaker spoke well of the veteran journalist at his grave site, whose career spans 19 years.
The burial was attended by people from various parts of the country including Mambo’s colleagues from Zimbabwe Newspapers group and other media organisations.
Zimpapers group editor-in-chief Pikirayi Deketeke told the mourners that the organisation had lost an iconic figure who was always focused on discharging his duties professionally. Deketeke said Mambo’s dedication to duty had never at any time been questionable.
He added that the veteran journalist had proved to be a remarkable leader during his tenure as the chairman of the Zimbabwe’s Editors’ Forum.
“This is a great loss to the Zimpapers family and I want to convey our greatest sympathy to his relatives during this hour of need.
“Furthermore as Zimpapers we are ready to assist you wherever you feel necessary. We will sadly miss one of our greatest team leaders,” said Deketeke.
Chronicle editor Itayi Musengeyi described Mambo as a principled man who had cultivated a culture of unity amongst his workmates and management. He said the late editor would always stand for the interests of his subordinates in ensuring that they got all the necessary resources in line with the discharge of their duties.
“We have lost a man who always stood for the interests of his subordinates and would also offer them guidance all the time.
“This is a great loss to the Zimpapers and the communities he touched,” said Musengeyi.
Former Sunday News magazine editor Delta Milayo-Ndou echoed the same sentiments, saying Mambo was a great leader who had helped in moulding her career as a formidable journalist. She described him as a great mentor, leader and traditionalist who never divorced himself from the rural community. Milayo-Ndou said the rural community had lost a man who would give a voice to the marginalised in the society and had shown a great interest in promoting rural news coverage across the country.
Several family representatives said Mambo would be sadly missed as a unifier and father figure who was willing to listen and assist any of them and the communities around.
They said he had left a void which would be difficult to fill. Mambo is survived by wife Egith and four childrenhttp://www.herald.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88625:sunday-news-editor-paul-mambo-buried&catid=38:local-news&Itemid=131#.UfDS1KxSVdg