Workers at the troubled Alpha Media Holdings which publishes the News Day, Zimbabwe Independent and the Standard have blamed ill-treatment by the media organisation’s bosses for the death of Stewart Chabwinja who was one of the editors  last week.
Chabwinja died on Thursday of suspected chest infection.
Journalists at the Trevor Ncube owned media organisation told ZimEye.com that Chabwinja could not get medical attention after falling ill at around 11pm Wednesday at his new Rockview home in Ruwa where he had recently moved to after the management the  Punish Murumbi  the marketing manager had grabbed his car in the afternoon.
“He fell seriously  ill at around 11 pm at his home but could not get  transport to go to hospital because  company had grabbed his vehicle earlier during the day despite fact that he was not feeling well  and needed transport to go to the doctor,” said the workers who requested not to be named.
“When a vehicle was found after 0000hrs,( Thursday)  it was already too late ,” they added.
They said at his new residence the late Chabwinja had no friends to bail him out.
The workers also said poor ventilation at the organisation’s new Granite-side industrial area premises could be the source of the chest infection which the late editor died of.
“Our new offices have no ventilation and the newsroom is in the middle of a former warehouse, there are no windows or ventilation and we feel this could be one of the sources of the infection,” said the workers.