Comments on: Transcript of ZCTU video http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/12/transcript-of-zctu-video/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: …My heart’s in Accra » Spying on Zimbabwe’s cybercafes http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/12/transcript-of-zctu-video/comment-page-1/#comment-76737 …My heart’s in Accra » Spying on Zimbabwe’s cybercafes Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:39:32 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1026#comment-76737 [...] It’s not hard to understand why the Mugabe government wants to control the flow of information coming out of the country. Videos like the one documenting the beating of ZCTU activists show the government in an extremely unflattering light. But it’s worth pointing out that the ZCTU footage wasn’t posted from a cybercafe - it was smuggled out of the country on CDROM and edited and uploaded from South Africa. It’s very difficult to control the flow of information out of a country without controlling the flow of people and goods as well. [...] [...] It’s not hard to understand why the Mugabe government wants to control the flow of information coming out of the country. Videos like the one documenting the beating of ZCTU activists show the government in an extremely unflattering light. But it’s worth pointing out that the ZCTU footage wasn’t posted from a cybercafe – it was smuggled out of the country on CDROM and edited and uploaded from South Africa. It’s very difficult to control the flow of information out of a country without controlling the flow of people and goods as well. [...]

]]> By: Steve Smith http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/12/transcript-of-zctu-video/comment-page-1/#comment-72581 Steve Smith Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:44:10 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1026#comment-72581 Thanks for putting this up for us to see. cheers, Steve Thanks for putting this up for us to see.

cheers, Steve

]]> By: sean coon http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/12/transcript-of-zctu-video/comment-page-1/#comment-71226 sean coon Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:31:07 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1026#comment-71226 ever play tv tag as a kid, ethan? you would've wiped up on the playground. ;) ever play tv tag as a kid, ethan? you would’ve wiped up on the playground. ;)

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