[Civsoc-mw] Wash Post article on shutting down the internet.

[Tony Thontholani]

Zimbabwe ndi dziko lochititsa manyazi. Yatuta akanakhala moyo, tikapita kukawathira machaka, makape a ku Zimbabwe. 

> On 31. Jan 2019, at 09:53, <cammack at mweb.co.za> <cammack at mweb.co.za> wrote:
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> Protesters gather near a burning tire during a demonstration over the hike in fuel prices in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Jan. 15. (AP)
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> By Chipo Dendere
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> January 30  2019 at 7:00 AM  Wash Post
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> Last week, Zimbabwe’s High Court ordered Internet operators to restore service to people in the country after access had been shut down for a week. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s officials, aiming to prevent protesters from coordinating their actions and sharing information, ordered the shutdown after mass protests against fuel price hikes — from less than $3 per gallon to almost $12 a gallon — rocked Zimbabwe for weeks. Protesters argued that the shutdown’s goal was to prevent the world from hearing about the violent government crackdown that left at least 12 dead and more than 600 imprisoned.
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