[HCDX] SW Radio Africa reach 10 years of broadcasts

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SW Radio Africa reach 10 years of broadcasts
Diaspora, News - By admin on December 21, 2011 12:55 pm
 http://nehandaradio.com/2011/12/21/sw-radio-africa-reaches-10-years-of-broadcasts/
 

LONDON based SW Radio Africa on Monday celebrated a major milestone in reaching 10 
years of independent broadcasting into Zimbabwe via shortwave and the internet to the rest 
of the world.
>From left to right: Danny Hargitai, Lance Guma, Les Momsen, Alex Bell, Richard Alfrey, 
Tererai Karimakwenda, Gerry Jackson and Tichaona Sibanda (seated).

>From left to right: Danny Hargitai, Lance Guma, Les Momsen, Alex Bell, Richard Alfrey, 
Tererai Karimakwenda, Gerry Jackson and Tichaona Sibanda (seated).

A statement issued by station manager Gerry Jackson said they started broadcasting 
Wednesday 19th December 2001 and "had no idea that 10 years on we´d still be here - or 
that the crisis in Zimbabwe would still be dragging on, with no solution in sight."

Jackson thanked the stations listeners saying "you´ve made this radio station possible. It´s 
been your willingness to tell us your stories that has helped to create such compelling radio. 
This is your story we´ve been telling for the past decade. Your tragedies, your hopes and 
dreams."

Jackson said they have learnt that "our listeners are wise and well informed. Now if we could 
only persuade the politicians to listen to the people - everything would come right in 
Zimbabwe."

The former ZBC Radio 3 DJ said "we have to be the only radio station in the world that hopes 
it is not in existence in another 10 years - because that would mean the Zim crisis continues. 
But more than anything we´d like to know that we could return to Zimbabwe and broadcast on 
FM."

SW Radio Africa´s daily broadcasts on shortwave have given Mugabe´s regime many 
sleepless nights. With the help of Chinese jamming equipment, the regime has resorted to 
jamming broadcasts from the station at regular intervals, particularly towards election time 
and other significant events.

After Mugabe lost elections in 2008 and employed violence to stay in power, ZANU PF 
insisted during subsequent power sharing negotiations that the station and others 
broadcasting from outside the country had to be shut down. Party members have also on 
many occasions refused to grant the station interviews.

In March 2007 then Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga admitted they were jamming 
SW Radio Africa broadcasts. Speaking in parliament Matonga boasted that the government 
was generating electronic interference to prevent reception of the broadcasts.

"We cannot allow foreigners to invade our airwaves without our authority. We will continue to 
do it. We need to protect our sovereignty. If you go to England you will not receive any foreign 
radio station."

SW Radio Africa is run by exiled Zimbabweans who, because of repressive media legislation, 
were not allowed to broadcast from home.

In 2000 the station, then called Capital Radio, challenged government´s broadcasting 
monopoly and won its case in the Supreme Court. But after just 6 days of broadcasting from 
a local hotel the station was shut down by Mugabe using his presidential powers.Standard rig 
: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser 
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e 
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
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