Sokwanele
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Sokwanele is a popular protest
Sokwanele means 'enough is enough' in
Sokwanele communicates with its supporters primarily via a newsletter that people can subscribe to online. They also have a website, and they run a regularly updated blog entitled This is Zimbabwe. The government has imposed very tight restrictions on the media in Zimbabwe, and very few newspapers or radio stations that are critical of the government are permitted to operate. Sokwanele's communications provide a critical and impartial assessment of the government's actions, regularly reporting on corruption, human rights violations and bad governance.
Sokwanele closely monitored, in the 22 weeks leading up to the
On
More recently, Sokwanele has written several articles critical of the government's 'Operation Murambatsvina (Operation Drive Out Trash).' Using Flickr, Sokwanele has also compiled a set of photographs depicting the impact of Operation Murambatsvina on ordinary Zimbabwean civilians.
External links
Sokwanele – key links
- Sokwanele website (also see Zvakwana)
- This is Zimbabwe – Sokwanele blog
- 'What happened on Thursday night' : An account of how ZANU PF rigged the Parliamentary Elections
- Archive of Mauritius Watch articles
- Sokwanele on Flickr
- Subscribe to the Sokwanele newsletter
Media reports
- Thrown on the scrapheap
- Report claims evidence of Mugabe rigging
- Enough is enough
- Zimbabweans making noise for freedom
- Zimbabwe's fight for a free voice
- "We are everywhere" Says Shadowy Pro-Democracy Group
- Mugabe is spooked by the letter Z
- Police hunt Zvakwana
- US is 'fighting Zimbabwe with condoms'
- Police raid MDC Byo offices again
Other useful links
References
- ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ ISBN 9781435728967.
- ^ "The pro-democracy movement in Zimbabwe (1998-present)". ICNC. Retrieved 10 December 2020.