When the Zimbabwe government began expropriating farms, nationalizing industries, and printing money at the turn of the millennium, we were told that we were being empowered. The media, owned and operated by sycophantic state enterprises, was used to communicate polarizing and border-line racist views. The ruling party (ZANU-PF) officials composed and performed nationalistic jingles to ‘motivate’ the 'born free'. Every three or so minutes a pro-revolutionary ad was run on both T.V and radio. A law requiring that all media broadcast 75%, then 100% local content passed in parliament. Most people were infuriated by these radical changes, but the government did not budge. Subsequently some began dancing to (then information) Minister Moyo’s songs, and ululating to Comrade Elliot Manyika’s Nhora (a Shona liberation-war tune). Laws such as the Access to Information and Privacy Act (AIPPA) and the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) formalized such acts, and limited freedom of speech.