RN Documentary: Driving out the Filth in Zimbabwe
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
Length: 31:00
In May 2005, the Zimbabwean government launched Operation Murambatsvina or Drive out the Filth. Officially it was designed to eliminate crime, clean up the streets and regularize the informal sector, the backbone of the country's collapsing economy. In actual fact, though, the operation destroyed the livelihoods of nearly 2.5 million Zimbabweans. It also left 700,000 people homeless.
Over a year and a half later, the evictions are continuing despite international condemnation. The Zimbabwean government has pledged to build new dwellings and to allow informal markets and traders, but it has done nothing. The program features victims, vendors and human rights activists about Operation Murambasvina and its consequences.
The reporter traveled to Zimbabwe undercover because of the government's draconian restrictions on foreign journalists.
A related documentary about the collapse of Zimbabwe is also available: http://www.prx.org/pieces/15665
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In May 2005, the Zimbabwean government launched Operation Murambatsvina or Drive out the Filth. Officially it was designed to eliminate crime, clean up the streets and regularize the informal sector, the backbone of the country's collapsing economy. In actual fact, though, the operation destroyed the livelihoods of nearly 2.5 million Zimbabweans. It also left 700,000 people homeless. Over a year and a half later, the evictions are continuing despite international condemnation. The Zimbabwean government has pledged to build new dwellings and to allow informal markets and traders, but it has done nothing. The program features victims, vendors and human rights activists about Operation Murambasvina and its consequences. The reporter traveled to Zimbabwe undercover because of the government's draconian restrictions on foreign journalists. A related documentary about the collapse of Zimbabwe is also available: http://www.prx.org/pieces/15665
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CD-Murambatsvina
Radio Netherlands Worldwide presents ?Driving out the Filth in Zimbabwe?. The programme is produced and presented by Eric Beauchemin.
Tomorrow
Ndlovu:
Murambatsvina was a totally illegal operation.
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Soldiers were just advancing at walking pace through the suburbs and they were just destroying as they went.
Temba:
It was the cruelest thing you can imagine. Displacing 700,000 people is criminal.
In May 2005, the Zimbabwean government launched Operation Murambatsvina. The authorities translated this as ?Operation Clean-up? or ?Operation Restore Order?, but the more literal translation is ?Operation Drive out the Filth?. Zimbabweans call it their tsunami. Officially it was designed to eliminate crime, clean up the streets and regularise the informal sector, the backbone of the country?s collapsing economy. In actual fact though, the operation destroyed th...
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