1.0Times South Africahttps://timessouthafrica.comTSAhttps://timessouthafrica.com/author/tsa/Crackdown against artists mars Zimbabwe election run-up - Times South Africarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bRR7Jxaqq1"><a href="https://timessouthafrica.com/crackdown-against-artists-mars-zimbabwe-election-run-up/">Crackdown against artists mars Zimbabwe election run-up</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://timessouthafrica.com/crackdown-against-artists-mars-zimbabwe-election-run-up/embed/#?secret=bRR7Jxaqq1" width="600" height="338" title="“Crackdown against artists mars Zimbabwe election run-up” — Times South Africa" data-secret="bRR7Jxaqq1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> (CAJ News) ZIMBABWEAN artists are bearing the brunt of a crackdown by government on critics ahead of elections set for later this year.One of the country's most popular musicians at the moment, Wallace Chirumiko (40), known as Winky D, is the latest p...