UJ Zimsoc Issue 2 | Page 5

TIME TO HAN DOVER W e ar e all changing and the w or ld ar ound us is changing, or coming to an end if T H E E D I TO R S w e cons ider the outcome of the U S pr es idential elections . S omething that w as per fect f or us in the pas t may not be r ight f or us today. This magazine w as s tar ted out of dis appointment and the aim w as to give our s elves a voice w hich mains tr eam media denied us . We did not know w hat w e had s igned up f or and a lot of w or k w as inves ted into the pilot is s ue. The pilot is s ue got 100 r eads w ithin the firs t 10 hours an d a total of 1022 reads . We appr eciate the continued s uppor t f r om unw itting en emies , fr iends , gir lf r iends , boyf r iends , w r iter s , s pous es , booze br ew ed and blended, co w s bur nt and f r ied, and thes e inter nets . I t is als o important to ens ure that this project continues by planning for the f utur e. N ew leader s mus t be identif ied and dev eloped to r eplace the old leader s , but w e all know that w ill not happen w ith [ r edacted] . Letting go can be a difficult thing to do, but it’ s time to s ay goodbye. I p r es ent to you the new editor f or this magazine. P S : S he is not my muroor a or relative. I ’ m unlike [ r edacted] w ho appointed his mukuw as ha as the head of .……. I iih! P leas e hold it r ight ther e if you w ant to be alive to s ee the next is s ue! A s the new kid on the block I have to admit that I w as extr emely terr if ied of taking on s uch a great r es pons ibility. Thes e ar e s ome big s hoes to f ill mind you. H ow ever, the outgoing editor managed to get off the dr es s age s addle and hand over the r eigns to the cr eative director and I w hile keeping the hor s e on cour s e. M hur ur u nemir idzo kuna VaH luyo vachibuda! N o w, to our s eas oned r eader s , (I know this is only our s econd is s ue but I am looking into the f utur e here! ) ther e' s no need to panic. The magazine w ill continue to have gr eat ar ticles w hich ar e multif arious (this is a ZimS oc magazine af ter all s o ther e w ill be big w or ds her e and ther e). O ur vis ion f or this magazine is to s ee it becoming a magazine of a gr eat calibr e s uch as The Zimbabw e A chiever.com or even gr eater. Th e r eader s hip of this magazine w ill gr ow exponentially w ith your s upport. To our new readers , I hope you' ll be w aiting w ith bated br eath f or our next is s ue. Munyaradzi Hluyo Outgoing Editor Chiedza Kanyongo Incoming Editor U J ZIM SOC | ISSU E 2 / 05