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Tomorrow is Youth Day in South Africa, a day that recalls forever the determination and bravery of the students who took it upon themselves to confront the apartheid government. On the 16th of June 1976, thousands of black students walked from their schools to Orlando Stadium for a rally to protest against having to study in Afrikaans at school (for many a second or third language). What happened on 16 June will never be forgotten.

Snuki Zikalala

In a country such as Zimbabwe, where the media is far from free, still greater reliance than normal is placed on international reporting of the gross human rights abuses that are being perpetrated within our borders. Here, journalists are threatened with arrest and imprisonment under the draconian AIPPA (Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act), accreditation by the regime is required, and foreign reporters and press agencies are selectively banned. Accordingly, Zimbabweans learned of the biased reporting policy practised by the South African national broadcaster with a profound sense of shock and dismay.

The shameful news of the South African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) informal reporting policy came to light in September after an internal commission was set up to investigate the News and Current Affairs Managing Director Snuki Zikalala.

The Guardian (UK)

Sokwanele is a pro-democracy people's movement committed to challenging and confronting in a non-violent way the dictatorship that now rules Zimbabwe unlawfully and violently.

We are not a political party, nor do we aspire to political office. We are a popular protest movement that highlights gross human rights abuses, exposes the lies upon which the regime relies for its support base, and works for non-violent change. Our rallying cry is "Sokwanele" in the Ndebele language and "Zvakwana" in Shona, meaning quite simply "Enough is enough".