Right in the middle of a historical exercise, the holding of a Constitutional Referendum- something monumental had to happen. Merely a few hours after voting had ended, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) -in its unfathomable and incomprehensible wisdom-decided to arrest Beatrice Mtetwa. Previously I wrote about Beatrice in my Feminist Chronicles, having identified her as one [...]
A crime against humanity
February 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In this modern world of instant information, have we become inured to horror? Every day we are exposed to pictures and films of extreme violence, they flicker through our consciousness, moving on to the newest examples of human propensity for violence. And we forget each previous example as the newest hits the media. However, one [...]
The Arrogance or Ignorance of Privilege
December 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“What is it that women want?”“Don’t they have enough already?”“What more do they want?”“Do they now want us to live in their petticoats?” “Soon we shall be singing ‘majesty’ and curtseying to the end of the world for them, isn’t that where we are headed at this rate.”“If they have food on their tables and roofs over their heads, what more do they want?
My Zimbabwean Sheroes: Jestina Mukoko
October 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I believe everyone has at some point watched a movie in which all your muscles are bundled up in tension. You are not sure which way the pendulum is going to swing, will the hero/heroine escape unscathed or will he/she die. When I watched Troy, I had the same feeling. In fact right at the [...]
My Zimbabwean Sheroes: Amy Tsanga
September 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Radical, somewhat rebellious, robust-those were my first impressions of this woman when I first met her. Then I was a naïve-mousey thing, studying for my undergraduate degree in law. I observed how she had embraced her feminine self and African-ness yet she had also surpassed societal stereotypes of who an African woman is and what [...]
African women on fire!!!
July 16, 2012 By 3 Comments
2012 has been a progressive year for African women in global politics. In April Joyce Banda of Malawi became the first ever female president of Malawi and the Second Female president in Africa. In June, Fatou Bensouda of the Gambia became the first female and African Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after [...]
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