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Operation Dzikisai Madhishi (Shona, ''Pull down your satellite dish'') was a 2008 operation of the
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to remove private homes' satellite dishes. These dishes are often used to view
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and other alternatives to the state-controlled
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. It began in
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in June 2008 and spread soon after to other provinces, carried out by attaches of the
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and youth militia.


See also

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Operation Murambatsvina Operation Murambatsvina (''Move the Rubbish''), also officially known as Operation Restore Order, was a large-scale Zimbabwean government campaign to forcibly clear slum areas across the country. The campaign started in 2005 and according to Unit ...
* Operation Mavhoterapapi *
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