Hashtag gimmicks aren’t real politics

guest column:Robert Sigauke

The only thing that the hashtag movement #ZimLivesMatter succeeded in doing was to draw international attention towards the Zimbabwean political situation.

This, indeed, persuaded Luthuli House to dispatch two teams on a fact-finding mission to Harare, firstly at presidential level, and more recently at party level.

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