Sandra Nyaira | |
|---|---|
| Born | Zimbabwe |
| Died | July 13, 2021 |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Occupation(s) | Reporter, Journalist |
Sandra Nyaira was a Zimbabwean investigative journalist.[1] 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. Her work was 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 was arrested for posting an article exposing corrupt officials.[6]
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]