Zanu-PF regime launches ‘Operation Dzikisai Madhishi’
The Zimbabwean government has announced the beginning of yet another operation designed to oppress the people of Zimbabwe.
Under Operation Dzikisai Madhishi (Operation pull down your satellite dish) the regime is forcing Zimbabweans to pull down their home satellite dishes through which the majority of Zimbabweans have been able to access eTV, SABC, Botswana Television as well some DSTV channels. The coverage of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is generally poor outside of the main urban areas. The overwhelming propaganda content of this state channel has seen the proliferation of private satellite dishes in recent years.
This operation is a concerted effort by the regime to close all spaces through which information can be disseminated, with the objective of stealing the election.
Zimbabwe has descended into unparalleled levels of media censorship. The regime is determined to cut off Zimbabweans from the rest of the world by ensuring that they are unable to receive news from outside Zimbabwe about what is happening in their own country.
Operation Dzikisai Madhishi comes after the launch of Operation Makavotera Papi (how did you vote) which has seen the unleashing of horrendous acts of politically motivated violence against MDC supporters since the March 29th elections.
After the 2005 elections, the Zimbabwean government launched Operation Murambatsvina to punish urban dwellers for their continued support for the MDC and resulted in almost a million citizens being forced from their homes.
Operation Dzikisai Madhishi began in Matabeleland South last week and has now spread throughout the country. It is being undertaken by elements of the Central Intelligence Organisation, police, army and youth militia. (via an MDC Press Release)
June 11th, 2008 11:11
This is an obvious extension of the ZPF campaign. The next move will be on phone and Internet links.
Those of you in the West should download PSIPHON.
link http://psiphon.civisec.org/
send your IP address plus password to trusted friends only.
June 11th, 2008 12:36
It’s time to disable the propaganda machine. Go for ZBC transmission and relay stations. Then the State newspaper presses. Be creative.
What is better; nobody knows what’s going on or everybody being falsely informed?
June 11th, 2008 13:23
This state has turned so rabbidly brutal against its own people. By so doing they are simply hardening the people, with dire consequences. See what has happened in Matabeleland, has Zanu ever won a seat there? Once upon a time the country was purged of political opposition activists who came from one region and that did not matter, now it is wholesale and it will matter indeed. They need to be reminded of the fate of KABILA. THEY CAN NOT FOOL THEMSELVES TO THINK THIS WILL LAST FOREVER. Its a pity that these ZANU people think they are invinceble. I can sense there being an in house job.
June 11th, 2008 20:41
Perhaps I’m behind the times, but looking at NEHANDA on-line newspaper they have run an article from a group calling themselves the Zimbabwe Resistance Movement.
The statement warns RGM and the Junta that they will take up Arms if the oppression doesn’t stop.
link http://www.nehandaradio.com/zimbabwe/military/resistancemove050608.html
Short extract:
FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is with deep regret and trepidation that we announce the formation of the Zimbabwe Resistance Movement, a military organisation comprising of serving and former members of the Zimbabwe armed forces and security services.
We thought it would not come to this, but unfortunately the situation on the ground in Zimbabwe has forced us to take this unprecedented move. We are firm believers of democracy but we are also alive to the fact that the democratic means are not necessarily the only options available to achieve democracy.
We have discovered that the problem in Zimbabwe is a military one and therefore, require a military solution to bring a resolution to our long suffering. We acknowledge the efforts that have been made by numerous political, civic and student groups to achieve a democratic transition, but also note the arrogance of a few politicians, generals, colonels, police chiefs and top brass of the CIO.
It is against this background, that we, serving and former military, police and CIO men and women believe that we would be doing our once great nation a disservice if we do not challenge the status quo by all means that are open to us, including but not limited to militarily means.
June 11th, 2008 20:58
@Fish Eagle
Thanks for the link, didn’t know about this – very interesting.
June 12th, 2008 11:42
I am out of touch with many of the pertinent issues surrounding the subject of our country’s future, and this news about a military uprising comes not as a shock, but as something i was not expecting.
It sounds bold, yet composed, and above all from a position of control. The kind of control that would send chills down the spines of those who stand as potential targets of its inevitable assault.
Now the rest of us wait until the 27th for the action of the Zimbabwean people, and resultantly our government, then the action of this armed resistance.
Should ordinary Zimbabweans fear a civil war?
June 12th, 2008 16:57
@Rise Up
“Should ordinary Zimbabweans fear a civil war?”
Yes…Zimbabweans should fear a civil war.
It will pit father against son..Brother against brother and increase tribal tensions but I see no other outcome.
June 14th, 2008 14:07
I am a black caribbean person of african decent having been transported to the caribbean due to slavery. It is unbelievable that a black African country could be so barbaric to its people. You must be willing to shed your blood for your freedom it seems to be the only way you will achieve freedom. We as your caribbean brothers and sisters share in your grief and follow what is happening by the hour thanks to the underground media.
Semper Paratus & Semper Fi
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