Short-wave radios banned in Zimbabwe
/The Zimbabwean Times newspaper reports the Zimbabwe Information Minister has said shortwave radios are illegal communications devices.
Reportedly hundreds of short-wave radios have been seized in house searches.
The
Times story says that for the past eight years the opposition Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC) has been distributing solar/ wind-up radios,
manufactured in South Africa.
The
article was republished online by the Times sister newspaper The
Australian and may still be available at
http://tinyurl.com/ShortWaveRadioBan
The ban has also been reported on The SWLing Post site at
http://swling.com/blog/2013/02/zimbabwe-are-shortwave-radios-now-illegal/
Wind-up/Solar Powered Radios - http://freeplayenergy.com/aid-and-development/encore-player2
