Basildon Peta
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Basildon Peta (c. 1972 – ) was the second journalist ever to be awarded the Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award for his reporting in Zimbabwe.[1] In his homeland, Peta was persecuted and he fled for his life after receiving threats from the Robert Mugabe regime in 2001 and incurring a brief detainment in Harare before the April 2002 elections. Since his exile in February 2002 to South Africa, Peta has reported for newspapers in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He currently writes editorials and is the owner of a newspaper publishing company in Maseru, Lesotho.
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Basildon Peta | |
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Born | c. 1970 |
Nationality | Zimbabwean |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and publisher |
Employer(s) | formerly with the Daily Gazette, Financial Gazette, The Independent (UK), New Zealand Herald |
Organization | Africa Media Holdings |
Known for | his tough reporting under difficult political circumstances, his voice as an exiled Zimbabwean journalist and his founding of a media company that publishes some of Lesotho's main newspaper publications. |
Spouse | Married to Sekai Florence Peta |
Children | 3 |
Awards | MISA Press Freedom Award (1994) |
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