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Nyahunzvi, affectionately known as Uncle Tim by his colleagues, succumbed to prostate cancer on admission at Parirenyatwa Hospital yesterday.

Family spokesperson Mr Moses Nyahunzvi described him as a father figure who helped everyone in the family to realise their goals.

“My brother was accommodative. As an elder brother, he assumed the role of the father after our father died and will be greatly missed,” he said.

A close associate of the late, Bill Saidi said he was deeply saddened by the death of Nyahunzvi who worked tirelessly to shape journalism in Zimbabwe and the Sadc region.

“We will always miss him. We will always remember what he did. His contribution was immense and has left an unforgettable legacy in the area. Nyahunzvi had vast knowledge of journalism as he worked as a reporter, news editor and sub-editor,” he said.

Saidi said he first met Nyahunzvi in 1959 in the then Salisbury working for the African News-papers Group where he worked as a reporter.

He said Nyahunzvi was a part of the breed who helped shape journalism in the country in the 1960s, but later left to join the Central African Mail in Zambia were he worked until 1964.

In 1981, Nyahunzvi joined the Harare Polytechnic where he retired as head of the Division of Mass Communication in 1997.

Nyahunzvi co-authored and contributed to several journalism handbooks that were used as reference material by media students throughout Africa.

Notable among these is Reporting in Africa published by the Thomson Foundation in London and Friedrich Naumann Foundation and An Editor’s Manual published by Mambo Press.

Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course. Mourners are gathered at Number 13 Mukarati Road in Mufakose, Harare.