SW Radio Africa

SW Radio Africa founder, Gerry Jackson is exploring her options, following the closure of the radio station, seven months ago.
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This weekend marks the end of SW Radio Africa which has been broadcasting high quality journalism to Zimbabwe for thirteen years. Coming at a time when the independent press at home is facing a growing financial squeeze, the Vigil believes…
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Zimbabweans across the world have expressed their shock and sadness following the news that SW Radio Africa will be closing down after 13 years of broadcasting.
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STATEMENT - It is with regret that SW Radio announces that it is closing down. We recently stopped our shortwave transmissions but have continued to provide broadcasts via our website and other formats, but these too will cease.
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All week a spotted eagle owl has been hooting early in the afternoon in my garden, hours before the stunning caramel sunsets so typical of winter in Zimbabwe. The strangeness of the day time calling of the owl comes in the same week as the…
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STATEMENT from SW Radio Africa: It is with regret that SW Radio Africa announces that after 13 years our shortwave broadcasts are to end on Friday 18th July. You have welcomed us into your homes since our first shortwave broadcast on 19th…
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For 14 years Barbara was the woman behind the Zimbabwe Situation, a key online news source that gathers information from every possible publication and puts it all in one place, so people can easily check on a daily basis to find out what…
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In a move seen as part of a strategy to entrench its hold on the public mind ZANU PF this week dispatched a media delegation to China, which is has one of the poorest records of media freedom in the world.
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Hello Zimbabwe and welcome to tonight’s special programme on SW Radio Africa, your independent voice. I’m Alex Bell and tonight, with the state media increasing its propaganda about the Western targeted sanctions, I’ll be unpacking the…
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One can only come to a very sad conclusion pertaining to the government’s mindset on the state and pace of our broadcasting sector development.
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