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Zimbabwe Protest singer organisation in semi -finals for Echoing Green fellow competition
Region: Zimbabwe
Echoing Green foundation just announced that 350 incredible emerging social change organizations have been selected as semifinalists in their 2010 fellowship competition. That said, Echoing Green staff and experienced evaluators who were inspired and encouraged by the ideas, passion and enthusiasm for social change captured in the applications they received have selected protest singer’s newly formed organi... more
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Thick skinned journalist with links to ZANU PF allegedly warns protest singer
Region: Zimbabwe
The life of prominent protest singer Viomak is allegedly in danger in Britain after Admore Tshuma a former Zimbabwe Government run Chronicle chief reporter warned her that he will not be intimidated by her in an email .The harassment came unexpectedly to her as she had done nothing wrong to him. The singer who is well known for producing anti Mugabe music is a known target of ZANU PF. The sister paper of the Chronicle,... more
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Masvingo man loses christmas groceries to goblins
Region: Zimbabwe
A Masvingo man got more that what he had bargained for when goblins pulled his bicycle as he cycled downhill and pushed it as he pedalled the bicycle uphill. The jovial James Mutana had just finished his Christmas shopping at Roy turnoff shop, off the Masvingo – Mutare highway when he headed to his homestead around Gumbo township area which is approximately 15 kilometres from Roy turnoff. Even though it was n... more
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GCNW Betty Makoni refuses to be bribed amid false looting allegations
Region: Zimbabwe
A recent Zimbabwean media report by an unknown writer that Nomatter Taremeredzwa Mapungwana, the Zimbabwean girl who had a successful tumor operation in Britain after Girl Child Network Worldwide spearheaded a campaign to assist her to travel to Britain for an operation, have been put to shame after thorough investigations by this writer. The report by the online news site dated 24 December 2009,claims that Ta... more
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NANGO Chairperson meets protest singer Viomak
Region: Zimbabwe
On 18 November 2009, the Zimbabwe Europe Network (ZEN) hosted a conference in Brussels for all actors interested in the development of Zimbabwe. On her way back from the conference NANGO chairperson Dadirai Chikwengo made a two day stop in Britain where she was met and hosted by protest singer cum political activist Viomak. As indicated on the ZEN (Zimbabwe Europe Network) website, the donor re-engagement confere... more
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Viomak to endorse Supreme Leader title with protest music album
Region: Zimbabwe
By Harriet Chigege In July 2009 hopes that dictator Robert Mugabe would be retiring were thwarted after the party's Midlands Province Coordinating Committee made a resolution that endorsed the 85 year old as ZANU PF's Supreme Leader. Good enough as far as ZANU PF is concerned but Viomak has refused to be sidelined. To show her resentment, on 21 February 2010 in celebration of the Supreme Leader‘s 86th b... more
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Kenya's Sex Strike Reduces Women to Objects
Region: Zimbabwe
An Open letter to Kenyan women activists. Written by Viomak: I found a move by Kenyan women activists advocating for women to deny their partners sex in protest over the infighting plaguing the national unity government very childish and disturbing. As if that is not enough the activists also requested to make this awkward move a national event. When are women going to learn to resolve conflicts by using th... more
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Zimbabwe constitution should respect gays and lesbians right to be heard -Viomak
Region: Zimbabwe
Firstly I would like to thank Norway for awarding the Freedom of Expression award to Nina Karin Monsen. Nina Karin Monsen was awarded the FOE award for her “reflective and independent contribution to a freer public debate.” The jury of the Freedom of Expression award declared, “She is an example of the costs of participating in public debate with independent opinions in a society that is characterized... more
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Zimbabwe Speaker of the House of Assembly picks up protest singer’s campaign
Region: Zimbabwe
Written by Harriet Chigege. The campaign spearheaded by protest singer Viomak in association with VOTO (Voices Of The Oppressed) to have Zimbabwe leaders declare their personal assets to curb corruption continues to gather momentum.On 26 August 2009, New Zimbabwe website published a report titled “Speaker - MPs must declare assets”. According to the report the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Lo... more
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Zimbabwe Standard newspaper bans protest singer.
Region: Zimbabwe
Written by Harriet Chigege Talking of freedom of expression in Zimbabwe. Censored and banned protest singer Viomak has had another share of sour grapes after she was told that her musical stories will not be published in an independent paper in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Standard. The Zimbabwe Standard is owned by South Africa based Trevor Ncube.The singer, whose musical stories are also banned in State media received th... more
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