Opinion / Columnist
Jonathan Moyo wishes he could grow an Afro in solidarity with SA kids
03 Sep 2016 at 09:57hrs | Views
Professor Jonathan Moyo has stood in solidarity with SA kids who are protesting over racist school rules.
The professor said had it not been due to every men's nightmare, boldness, he would have grown an Afro in support of students at Pretoria high school for girls in South Africa who have refused to use chemicals to straighten their hair.
Moyo posted two pictures on Twitter - one showing the back of his head and another one of a student wearing an Afro hair style - saying, "If my hair had not let me down this bad, I'd grow an Afro in solidarity with SA kids whose Afros are under attack!"
It is a shame the same courtesy is not extended for ordinary Zimbabweans who are protesting against the government regarding the difficult situation they are facing.
Zimbabwean protesters have been brutally beaten up by police.
While Jonathan Moyo blasted police for brutality saying, "Law enforcement is essential, more so in these times of provocative antics, but it must be lawful. Remember 2007," he has not been supportive of the Zimbabweans who are protesting.
After the initial shutdown organised by teachers, public transporter providers and supported by #ThisFlag, #Tajamuka, Jonathan Moyo took to Twitter to declare it a failure saying: "So the success of the stay away‚ shutdown or whatever‚ was 20% at most & only in towns like Harare while it was 0% in most of the country!"
Jonathan Moyo, as Minister for Publicity & Information, introduced four bills, which many believe worsened the civil liberties of Zimbabweans regarding freedom of speech.
The bills are;
These bills are largely blamed for the dire human rights situation in Zimbabwe, now rated number two in human rights abuses after Syria.
Just after the introduction of POSA and AIPPA, there was an increase in arrests of journalists and photographers protesters & arrested
Just after the birth of POSA and AIPPA, journalists/photographers were arrested and the harassment of the journalists became the order of the day.
Apparently when Jonathan Moyo brought AIPPA before the Parliament, the then Chairperson of the Legal Committee Dr. E. Zvobgo responded by saying, "I can say without equivocation that this bill, in its original form, was the most calculated and determined assault on our liberties guaranteed by the constitution, in the 20 years I served as a cabinet minister."
The professor said had it not been due to every men's nightmare, boldness, he would have grown an Afro in support of students at Pretoria high school for girls in South Africa who have refused to use chemicals to straighten their hair.
Moyo posted two pictures on Twitter - one showing the back of his head and another one of a student wearing an Afro hair style - saying, "If my hair had not let me down this bad, I'd grow an Afro in solidarity with SA kids whose Afros are under attack!"
It is a shame the same courtesy is not extended for ordinary Zimbabweans who are protesting against the government regarding the difficult situation they are facing.
Zimbabwean protesters have been brutally beaten up by police.
After the initial shutdown organised by teachers, public transporter providers and supported by #ThisFlag, #Tajamuka, Jonathan Moyo took to Twitter to declare it a failure saying: "So the success of the stay away‚ shutdown or whatever‚ was 20% at most & only in towns like Harare while it was 0% in most of the country!"
Jonathan Moyo, as Minister for Publicity & Information, introduced four bills, which many believe worsened the civil liberties of Zimbabweans regarding freedom of speech.
The bills are;
- Broadcasting Services Act (BSA) of 2001
- Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Commercialization) Act (ZBCA) of 2003
- Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) of 2002
- Public Order & Security Act (POSA) of 2002
These bills are largely blamed for the dire human rights situation in Zimbabwe, now rated number two in human rights abuses after Syria.
Just after the introduction of POSA and AIPPA, there was an increase in arrests of journalists and photographers protesters & arrested
Just after the birth of POSA and AIPPA, journalists/photographers were arrested and the harassment of the journalists became the order of the day.
Apparently when Jonathan Moyo brought AIPPA before the Parliament, the then Chairperson of the Legal Committee Dr. E. Zvobgo responded by saying, "I can say without equivocation that this bill, in its original form, was the most calculated and determined assault on our liberties guaranteed by the constitution, in the 20 years I served as a cabinet minister."
Source - Nomalizwe Mbulu
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