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War veterans ban satellite dishes in Matabeleland South

As reports of acts of lawlessness and politically retributive violence continue to rock Zimbabwe war veterans have reportedly ordered villagers in Matabeleland South to remove satellite television receivers from their homes.

According to The Standard terrified villagers told the privately owned weekly that the war veterans had set up bases throughout the province from where they were conducting all night re-orientation vigils.
 
The war veterans ordered the villagers to remove the receivers on 21 May 2008 because they were “misleading” them into voting against Zanu PF. Most villagers in the area can only watch and listen to South African and Botswana television and radio stations because of the poor transmission signals from Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, the sole broadcaster in Zimbabwe.
 
Source: MISA-Zimbabwe

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