Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference Michael Traber SMB, Editor of Moto, deported by government in 1970, and Fr. Albert Plangger SMB, who succeeded him. Mr. Chidyausiku was one of the first local journalists and editors to work at Mambo Press. A number of well-known Zimbabwean journalists learnt their trade at Mambo Press for example Mr. John Gambanga. Ms Bernadette Vonai Paradza worked for many Mrs. Elena Mupandawana years as book editor at Mambo Press. Secretary, SOCCOM Br. Alfonce Kugwa, St Paul's Brother, felt attracted to this work and trained as a journalist at the Polytechnic in Harare. He is now editor of the Catholic Church News. Fr. Richard Randolph SJ, Secretary General ZCBC, Fr. Oskar Niederberger SMB, Fr. Oswald Hirmer (SA), Fr. Patrick Galvin SMB were among the first authors published by Mambo Press, writing on pastoral matters and making the Church known in the country. Eventually the Bishops decided to have a communications office in their General Secretariat so as to be able to respond to public events effectively. Fr Oskar Wermter SJ, who had been a contributor to Moto for some years, was appointed Social Communications Secretary in 1987. He started all by himself in a tiny office with a desk, a chair, and a manual typewriter. Soon SocCom entered the computer age with a simple computer with which we produced a newsletter for the Bishops' Conference. It developed into a pastoral magazine reflecting on pastoral work in the dioceses and parishes. The climax of the work of Communications Department was the visit of Pope (now Saint) John Paul II to Zimbabwe in 1988 when church media was heavily involved in profiling his visit. In 1994 the office moved into Africa Synod House where a sound and video studio was set up but remained dormant until it was revitalised in June 2018. However, video and sound production was done through mobile recording. When Fr. Wermter left SOCCOM in 2001, after serving the Commission for 14 years, he was succeeded by Fr. Stephen Muchemwa then Fr. Kenneth Makamure and later Fr. Conrad Chibango as coordinators. In 2008, Br. Alfonce Kugwa joined the Commission as Coordinator and left ZCBC in 2010 to 33