At least 42 radios have been confiscated by state security agents in rural areas of Zimbabwe, reports SW Radio Africa. Several teachers are said to have fled schools while others have been sent on forced leave as a result of intimidation and harassment in the Midlands and Mashonaland East areas. The radios were distributed to groups, especially teachers, to form radio listening clubs to allow people to listen to independent news broadcasts.
(Source: SW Radio Africa/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)