Talk:Data Control & Systems

I think it may be a good idea to change the Title from Data Control & Systems to something about the history of Internet access in Zimbabwe. Any suggestions would be welcomed to improve this page and also to bring it up to the standard that is prized by Wikimediarists. Data Control was not the only company at the time. There was Samara Services which grew rapidly and crashed with cosmic brilliance into ignominy and now all that remains is a tiny address reference on an obscure website of foreign information from the 1990's, and a telephone number.

The whole point of providing the information here is for historical documentation of the rise of technology in Zimbabwe against a backdrop of governmental fear of information dissemination that they had little or no control over. It is a study in how the democratic influence of information freedom escapes nationalist controls and limits propagandist literature. The companies that did this and their histories entwined with the fabric and social structure of a nation in turmoil. The warp and weft of information makes up daily living and the control of information that the government tried to wrest from its citizens has failed, so it turned to other means for keeping loyalty: food.

Consider for a minute that the information is being provided from a time when there were NO digital references and all information was strictly controlled politically, print media were suppressed from printing information and free speech is considered a death sentence, even today (2013). This is a very interesting time of Zimbabwean history that needs to be documented. A lot of the information will be original research because I am the source of it. I was there in person. I witnessed the riots, the devaluation of the currency, the confiscation of the farms, the torture of innocent civilians, the beatings, the muggings, the aftermath of the government's influence and policies. I was there when the government closed down independent newspapers and arrested all their journalists. I was there when the government removed all supporting historical information from the archives of Rhodesian history. I was there when the law was passed that forbade people from saying "Rhodesia" in public: an act of treason!

The question remains here: with the foregoing in mind, how do we adhere to Wikimedia's policies without references to any reliable sources, because there are no reliable sources in Zimbabwe? Information about Zimbabwe was not broadcast outside the country at the time. It is a conundrum. Please assist me here. I DO need the help. Ashattock (talk) 13:12, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Since the last time I updated this page, there has been much more research material made available on the internet that is now capable of making this article Verifiable! I am very pleased that this has occurred and now vindcates my aim and ambitions to show how the issues in Zimbabwe are so very delicate and controlled by a despotic government bent on information control. The bulk of that material come from a single source: The wayback machine web archive. Apparently they have been offline for nearly 12 years and have now made their archive available to the world.Vision2020 (talk) 20:32, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

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