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Robert Mugabe's government said no.

They owned the phones, every line, every call, and they demanded bribes to reconsider.
Strive refused, then did something nobody had done
before, he took his own government to court...

He argued that blocking phone access violated every Zimbabwean's right to free expression.
The battle lasted five years and nearly bankrupted him, government contracts cancelled, intelligence officers detaining him, his family living under constant pressure...