Voto Radio Station
As her musical struggles continued, Viomak and her manager found a way of evading censorship in her home country. On Zimbabwe's Independence Day, 18 April 2008, she and her team launched 'Voto (Voices of the Oppressed) Radio Station which strictly airs Zimbabwe Protest Art' on the Internet with the aim to focus on the importance of freedom of musical expression in a country where opposing voices are severely oppressed.
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