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Transgender activist attacks Mnangagwa
08 May 2019 at 04:57hrs | Views
A Bulawayo cross dresser and transgender activist Ricky "Rikki" Nathanson says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a ruthless person who presided over the murder of 20 000 Zimbabweans during his time as Minister of State Security.
Nathanson who fled Zimbabwe to America in 2018 told an LGBTI newspaper that Mnangagwa oversaw the killing of thousands of Ndebele civilians during the Gukarahundi massacres in the 1980s.
"Mnangagwa is a ruthless, ruthless man," said Nathanson.
Nathanson sensationally claimed that ZANU PF invited her and other leading LGBTI activists to a press conference in Harare, 2018 elections because they wanted our vote.
"We voiced our skepticism at how genuine we thought the government and ZANU-PF was by reaching out to us," said Nathanson. "As we anticipated, nothing has really changed in Zimbabwe. If anything, it has gotten worse. I don't think it will get any better."
"They're not saying anything outrightly adverse against the LGBT community of Zimbabwe, but they are not making any concession," she added. "It's like a simmering pot. There's something brewing at the bottom. One day they will announce something and it will just happen."
Nathanson revealed to the LGBTI paper that he has been living in Rockville with Steve Brooks and his Zimbabwean partner, Talent Nyathi, and another Zimbabwean asylum seeker since December 2018.
Nathanson who fled Zimbabwe to America in 2018 told an LGBTI newspaper that Mnangagwa oversaw the killing of thousands of Ndebele civilians during the Gukarahundi massacres in the 1980s.
"Mnangagwa is a ruthless, ruthless man," said Nathanson.
Nathanson sensationally claimed that ZANU PF invited her and other leading LGBTI activists to a press conference in Harare, 2018 elections because they wanted our vote.
"We voiced our skepticism at how genuine we thought the government and ZANU-PF was by reaching out to us," said Nathanson. "As we anticipated, nothing has really changed in Zimbabwe. If anything, it has gotten worse. I don't think it will get any better."
"They're not saying anything outrightly adverse against the LGBT community of Zimbabwe, but they are not making any concession," she added. "It's like a simmering pot. There's something brewing at the bottom. One day they will announce something and it will just happen."
Nathanson revealed to the LGBTI paper that he has been living in Rockville with Steve Brooks and his Zimbabwean partner, Talent Nyathi, and another Zimbabwean asylum seeker since December 2018.
Source - Byo24News
