Looking ahead, we need to be clear on the Mthwakazi we aspire to; people need to comprehend what taking control of our social, economic and political space would mean to the region and their lives. To achieve that we need to have a minimum level of credibility to challenge the status quo and call for… Read More Where are the Mthwakazi women?

The 34 years of Zimbabwean independence has brought little reason for women to celebrate. The pertaining socio-political conditions are abnormal; they render women’s status no different from the mid 20th Century; Zimbabwean women remain severely under-represented in positions of power.   The status quo has to be confronted head on; there is no justifiable reason why… Read More Zimbabwean independence and women

‘For most of history, anonymous was a woman’ (Virginia Woolf, 1929); it was wrong back then, it still is wrong today. The 21st Century Mthwakazi must address gender inequality as a human rights matter of urgency.