{"id":5836,"date":"2013-03-06T07:37:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T11:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5836"},"modified":"2013-03-06T07:37:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T11:37:45","slug":"zimbabwe-door-to-door-search-for-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/zimbabwe-door-to-door-search-for-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: door-to-door search for radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FR160\"(Source: SW Radio Africa<\/a>)<\/p>\n

On Friday police in Rusape went door-to-door to houses belonging to known MDC-T supporters, in search of shortwave radios. But the MP for Makoni South said they found nothing.<\/p>\n

Pishai Muchauraya said the morning raids saw police officers go in groups of three to MDC-T homes in Gandanzara, \u2018demanding radios distributed by Pishai.\u2019<\/p>\n

[…]Last week the police ordered a ban on the possession of shortwave radios, saying they are being used to communicate hate speech ahead of next month\u2019s constitutional referendum and elections set to be held later this year.<\/p>\n

Wind-up, solar-powered radios sets have been distributed by some NGOs to rural communities, where villagers have established listening clubs to tune in to popular independent stations such as Studio 7 and SW Radio Africa. The broadcasts are produced by experienced exiled Zimbabwean journalists based in Europe and the US.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full report on the website of clandestine radio station,\u00a0SW Radio Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: SW Radio Africa) On Friday police in Rusape went door-to-door to houses belonging to known MDC-T supporters, in search of shortwave radios. But the MP for Makoni South said they found nothing. Pishai Muchauraya said the morning raids saw police officers go in groups of three to MDC-T homes in Gandanzara, \u2018demanding radios distributed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3,1167],"tags":[1725,84,136],"class_list":["post-5836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-shortwave-radio-ban","tag-why-shortwave-radio","tag-zimbabwe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1w8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5898,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/sw-radio-africa-police-targeting-children-in-radio-raids\/","url_meta":{"origin":5836,"position":0},"title":"SW Radio Africa: Police targeting children in radio raids","author":"Thomas","date":"March 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: SW Radio Africa) By Nomalanga Moyo 14 March 2013 The illegal seizure of wind-up radios reached new levels this week with reports that the police are now using primary school pupils to source information about the receivers. 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The government of Zimbabwe apparently fears the little self-powered shortwave radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The shortwave version of the Eton Microlink FR160 is one of the noted \"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/FR160.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5952,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/zimbabwe-more-police-raids-in-search-of-shortwave-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":5836,"position":2},"title":"Zimbabwe: More police raids in search of shortwave radios","author":"Thomas","date":"March 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In this case it's not a child who was targeted in the raid, rather, the Prime Minister's Principal Director: (Source: SW Radio Africa) A top lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, is being held by Harare police after she reacted to early morning raids leading to the arrest of Thabani Mpofu, Principal Director\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Zimbabwe-Map","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Zimbabwe-Map-270x300.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5704,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/zimbabwe-are-shortwave-radios-now-illegal\/","url_meta":{"origin":5836,"position":3},"title":"Zimbabwe: are shortwave radios now illegal?","author":"Thomas","date":"February 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"According to SW Radio Africa, it appears that shortwave radios could now be considered \"illegal communicating devices\" in Zimbabwe: Police have announced a ban on \u2018specially designed radios\u2019 that are \u2018not compatible with state owned stations\u2019, claiming the devices would be used to communicate hate speech ahead of polls scheduled\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Analog Radio Dial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/swdial.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6935,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/brian-hongwe-reports-on-importance-of-shortwave-radios-in-zimbabwe\/","url_meta":{"origin":5836,"position":4},"title":"Brian Hongwe reports on importance of shortwave radios in Zimbabwe","author":"Thomas","date":"July 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0Dave\u00a0for sharing this excellent radio documentary from the BBC World Service show, The Fifth Floor. 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