Weaver Press is closing – how one small, brave Zimbabwean publisher made a difference
WITH the news that it is to halt operations, it’s a fitting time to take stock of Weaver Press in Zimbabwe. The publishing house started small in 1998 and remained small, co-managed by its two full-time employees, the husband and wife team of Murray McCartney and Irene Staunton. At the same time as Weaver Press was celebrating its 25th anniversary, McCartney revealed that it would effectively be closing. TINASHE MUSHAKAVANHU, Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford For the couple, publishing was a labour of love. The company’s office in the backyard of their house in suburban Harare was a way…