06/09/2007
Woman of Zimbabwe Arise: BCC Hardtalk Interview
I think Ms. Jenni Williams did not have her facts right. I watched her interview with BCC Hardtalk host Stephen Suckur and I realised Stehen did not do his usual type of questioning probably after realising that the interviewee was not really newsworthy.
During the interview she was confused and mixed issues, to the extend Stephen suggested she was more political than civic and would better join the opposition. Also her number-work was not all that good. She claimed WOZA's membership to be 50K and along the lines claimed that 150K of WOZA members were arrested.
I personally would not like put much critisism to the work of this organisation but I think the majority of the participants are opposition members whom Ms. Jenni Williams want to claim to be members of WOZA.
Woza is a small community grouping that has received wide publicity through vigorous public relation but lacks membership to be classified as a national grouping. 50K members out of a population of of 12 million Zimbabweans is just a drop in an ocean.
The problem with these mushrooming woman groups is that they are too noisy and lose focus quickly just like the Girl Child Network led by Betty Makoni. At one time Ms. Makoni claimed that she was also on the Central Intelligence (CIO) hit list . It only came to light recently when Ms Makoni and Rebeca Chisamba were picked up by the police for interfering with state witnesses (girls allegedly raped)
I think there is need to get facts right and promote an amicable working environment rather than politicizing issues when ever failure is imminent.
Zimbabweans are now suffering from a new culture of blaming the ruling Zanu PF for all their problems. I believe there are many things that can be done to improve the current situation rather than dwelling on blame.
07:45 Posted in Zimbabwe | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: zimbabwe, bbc hardtalk, jenni williams, betty makoni, rebeca chisamba, woza


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