Kubatana.net

The Kubatana website archives over 15,400 documents about Zimbabwean civil society. It has an electronic network of over 240 NGOs and CSOs. Each Kubatana partner has a “fact sheet” in website’s online directory. The project has given a number of NGOs an Internet presence without them having to spend resources on a fully-fledged web site.

Kubatana’s regular electronic activism campaigns encourages Zimbabweans and other visitors to the site to mobilise, lobby and advocate.

Kubatana’s email listserv and regular email newsletters keep Zimbabweans and regional and international subscribers informed. Kubatana also helps Zimbabwean civil society to strengthen their use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) through email, Internet and motivational training workshops. The project organisers often spend a day with a group of information activists teaching them how to use ICTs more effectively either in their organisations, or as individual activists.
By focusing solely on Zimbabwe and being committed to the regular updating and development of the portal, the organisers believe that the Kubatana website will become the most important source of Zimbabwean human rights and development information on the internet.

Technology, Political Development.

Kubatana states that due to the repressive media environment in Zimbabwe, it is important not to rely on any one way of communicating. Kubatana encourages community participation. According to the organisers, the result has been a higher level of awareness of Zimbabweans on the use of e-mail and the Interent to advocate, lobby and mobilise.