Cool:

Broadcasts from SW Radio Africa, started by a Zimbabwean journalist in London to avoid the media crackdown, have been jammed for nearly two years.

Strict media laws have been introduced in Zimbabwe in recent years.

So far about 2,000 people have signed up to SW Radio Africa’s text scheme in the last two months.

She said it had also forced journalists to be more concise as complex stories have to be condensed to 160 characters.

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