At Activate '09 Gerry Jackson of SW Radio Africa shared the work she's been doing to get independent news into Zimbabwe. She delivered a powerful 10 minute presentation talking about the state of the country, describing her experiences delivering news using SMS and podcasts out of London and asking the audience to appreciate the priveleges free society offers. Warning: this presentation contains graphic images that may cause some distress.

1. Jacarandas in Harare

2. The Victoria Falls

3. Great Zimbabwe

4. Harare supermarket 1981

5. Harare supermarket 2007

6. Paying the bill for lunch

9. Brutality on the MDC

13. Poaching is rampant across the country

15. Rounding up protesters

16. Murambatsvina

19. Before and after

21. Freedom of the press
Journalist Andy
Meldrum forced to The Daily News printing press
leave the country bombed January 2001
May 2003

30. SMS campaign

31. • MDC confirm Susan • ZPF cracks widen as
Tsvangirai dead in car Mnangagwa bids to oust
crash. MT injured but Joice Mujuru.
OK. Mutare Magistrate • Gov & teachers to meet
Chipadze arrested Thurs Mon to avert strike.
for ordering release of • Gov ghost workers still
Bennett. milking salary coffers.
• MDC to meet in SA to • UN team in Zim to assess
decide fate of unity govt. humanitarian crisis.
• Activists court case • SADC to meet this week
delayed again as reports over Zim financial rescue
emerge of abuse in plan.
custody. • Blast @ Sable chemicals
• SA opposition say SADC KweKwe Sat kills 1,
has failed Zim. injures 9.