Zvakwana is an

underground movement Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation to propaganda, hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. In many countries, r ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

, that came to light in 2004. Its name means "enough is enough" in the

Shona language Shona (; sn, chiShona) is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It was codified by the colonial government in the 1950s. According to ''Ethnologue'', Shona, comprising the Zezuru, Korekore and Karanga dialects, is spoken by about 7 ...

, and in

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it translates to

Sokwanele Sokwanele is a popular protest underground movement based in Zimbabwe that is involved in "anonymous acts of civil disobedience." They are pro-democracy, and they embrace supporters of all pro-democratic political parties, civic organisations an ...

. (Sokwanele is also a part of the movement but appears to be more occupied with information dissemination). Zvakwana appears to be responsible for clandestinely distributing resistance messages, graffiti, CDs of music, and

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s featuring their logo, a Z on a yellow background. They also run a

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which the Zimbabwean government is trying to block from

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s. Opposition party,

Movement for Democratic Change Movement for Democratic Change or MDC may refer to: * Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T), the former main opposition party in Zimbabwe ** Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai Congress 2006, the second MDC–T congress ...

, says they have no connection to Zvakwana, but share its values and support its efforts.

References

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External links

Zvakwana

Sokwanele

''This is Zimbabwe'' - Sokwanele blog
Political advocacy groups in Africa Nonviolent resistance movements Politics of Zimbabwe 2004 establishments in Zimbabwe