We are using that and drafting a strategy to penetrate the rural areas in terms of social media use," Mkwananzi said. Deep in Zimbabwe's drought-stricken rural district of Chiredzi, news of the biggest protests against President Robert Mugabe in a decade reached Peter Mufaro only after a week. For years ZANU-PF has retained rural support partly through its history as a liberation movement. In some villages closer to Harare, citizens are catching up with the social media messages of defiance. "NO FREE REIN"In Zimbabwe, the main users of social media are youths born after independence.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 12, 2016 12:56 UTC