President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace is a woman of substance and her reputation has been soiled by media hawks, writes UK based analyst Bernard Bwoni.
Grace, Bwoni says “is an inspiring pacemaker with a meaningful and proven track record of community” work.
By Bernard Bwoni
Here is a woman of substance, a woman with a charitable disposition and a woman of tangible and visibly irrefutable influence. Whilst the distinction between those who serve the self and those who serve others is often obvious, in this ‘global village’ that dividing line is often deliberately obscured and determined by those who carry the world media key. Any Internet search engine on Dr Grace Mugabe will 99.99% of the time carry headlines portraying an uncaring and over-indulgent First Lady. Behind the media extracts and sensational headlines there is a intelligent woman of meaning, real meaning very much in touch with the grassroots, a passionate and caring wife, mother to her own children and orphaned children and a highly innovative business-minded philanthropic mother of the nation. Her selfless sacrifice to needy and orphaned children remains cushioned from reporting by those who paint the erroneous and dishonest picture of a substance-free shopaholic. The fact of the matter is that Dr Grace Mugabe is a progressive prime mover, the mother and the brains behind a well-run Children’s Home in Mazowe and currently in the process of building a school and working on plans for a University that will benefit present and future generations of Zimbabwe. She is an inspiration to all women in Zimbabwe and mother to many neglected, abandoned and deprived children. She is an inspiring pacemaker with a meaningful and proven track record of community and grassroots work through her charity work.
Dr Grace Mugabe has often described herself as a ‘workaholic’ and that is fully backed by results of her hard work on the ground. On top of running her children’s home and working on other charitable projects she is also a successful dairy farmer with over 2500 dairy cows. Dr Grace Mugabe has the charitable bone permanently etched right down to her spirit and listening carefully to her recent meet the people addresses minus the specifically nit-picked sound-bites and riveting headlines in most opposition and international media sources there indeed is profound depth and a genuine desire to uplift and upgrade the lives of the disadvantaged and unprivileged. She has prioritised commitment to challenging the degeneracy currently bedevilling the nation and addressing issues affecting ordinary citizens on a daily basis. She has challenged corruption, she has challenged inconsistencies in terms of service delivery and she has ruffled the cushy culture of impunity that has been rooting itself freely in some sections of the upper echelons of power in Zimbabwe. Dr Grace Mugabe has put emphasis on keeping the people of Zimbabwe informed and instilled genuine commitment to challenging the decadence.
The unreported Grace Mugabe has community work credentials and her recent meet-the-grassroots addresses focused on practical issues that affect people in the local communities on a daily basis. She met with Cross Border Traders and tackled pertinent issues that affect this important entity in the Zimbabwe economy. In Zimbabwe over 5.8 million people are employed in the informal sector and this contribute significantly to the social and economic functioning of the state. These are relevant and befitting issues to be thrust on the forefront of the national discourse and come up with solutions to address them. Her encouragement and advice to the Cross Border Traders to accept slow growth as opposed to quick economic gains is sound economic advice. Any business is a process where you lay the foundations and from there that is where the take-off happens. She made sound and welcome promises of championing for the traders to get land and start producing which will enhance livelihoods. She has been talking about facilitating women to be given land, focusing on the productive agriculture sector and indigenous Zimbabweans becoming self-sustaining and self-reliant. She is talking about real wealth creation as opposed to the retrogressive notion of mere workers who do not own the means of production. In another address in Gwanda Dr Grace Mugabe touched on a number of very important issues and highlighted the importance of education and humanity. She said that ‘’Education without humanity is useless, even if you educated, you need to be humane and don’t lead children astray’’. These are pertinent issues that do not get any media attention. She talked about the importance of family, the ravages of child abuse and domestic violence. She also challenged government’s policy of demolition of illegal residential structures without finding alternatives for them. She did not condone the illegal structures but her argument was that alternatives were needed for those displaced. The problem is that by destroying the structures you create another problem of homeless people. Now these are issues that no ‘global media’ will highlight about the First Lady. She has spoken incessantly about women’s issues and the need for women to be educated and to have land to help improve their economic prospects. It is unfortunate that many have tended to focus only on the stirring headlines and the Peta Thornycroft cock and bull stories instead of the depth and wealth behind most of Dr Grace Mugabe’s addresses.
She does possess a clear awareness of Zimbabwe’s economic policy as evidenced in another of her addresses where she highlighted the importance of the country’s look east policy and the implementation of the country’s economic blueprint ZimAsset. One of the key issues she has consistently and passionately focused on has been the issue of corruption and the negative image it portrays about the country. She has persistently stressed the negative outcomes of letting corruption go unchallenged as it undermines the trust people have in government and some individuals in positions of authority resources that could have been used for collective national benefit towards individual gratifications. Beneath all the negative and biased representation of the First Lady there is breath and depth, a solid commitment to addressing the issues of the downtrodden and bringing to the foreground all these issues. The reassuring thing about the First Lady is that it is not all empty words, she is a woman of action and she has the substance-endowed charitable curriculum vitae to back it. She is upholds the very same principles as her husband President Mugabe who has dedicated his entire life liberating and empowering the indigenous African peoples and redressing the inequalities created by the colonial system. In another of her meet the people addresses Dr Mugabe lamented the case of those resettled farmers who were reluctant to seize the opportunities presented to them. She like President Mugabe has emphasised the urgent need to start unlocking, dismantling and restructuring the previously biased system which still continues to tie down African minds and limiting their potential to enhance themselves. No gimmicks but this as real as life itself gets, the freshness and reality of the grassroots, physically touching the ground and tackling issues head-on. There is a lot more substance behind those dramatic news headlines and sensational media clips.
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‘Some of us have beautiful thies but we do not expose them’ This is sure testimony to the ‘substance’ Bwoni is talking about. I rest my case!
‘Some of us have beautiful thies but we do not expose them’ This is sure testimony to the ‘substance’ Bwoni is talking about. I rest my case!
The first whore must remember that the ousted former wife Mrs ggagbo of ivory coast is today in court facing grave charges which carry death penalty. And her one testicle hubby is already languishing t Hague ICC !!!!!!!!! Pamberi regime change
The first whore must remember that the ousted former wife Mrs ggagbo of ivory coast is today in court facing grave charges which carry death penalty. And her one testicle hubby is already languishing t Hague ICC !!!!!!!!! Pamberi regime change
Wonder how much this zpuff retard was paid to write this junk. Sperm is a ‘ substance ‘ the first whore collects as the criminal ‘ husband ‘ never had any. You can’t polish a turd.a pig will always be ugly vile even if you put on it lipstick/make-up
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Mr Bwoni, hamusimi heremakatsvaka mapepa gore riya mu UK muchagara ku Liverpool muchiti matiza Mugabe anoda kukuraya? Ndo survival strategy yenyu ka iyi kuita bootlicking? Zvino unfumura President nekuda asylum chete chete? Imboshinga bhururu. Muri ma future leaders erudzii iwe nemukoma wako mhuri yese makatiza vakadzi?
Dr. Mugabe has been a champion for ZANU’s largest childrens homes franchises. She has ingeniously created the opportunity for international donors to provide funds to ZANU through these childrens homes . Her “Rent An Orphan” program generates revenues to ZANU in exchange a cheap source of child labour for farming and mining. She is truly a strategic and innovative leader for us. She is our Mother and we are all her children. May she rule us forever.
mugabe family created this no proper healthcare ,no jobs ,no electricity
Grace ihama yemunyori uyu kana asiri then munyori wedu is aserious bootlicker.
Maybe for you to be an Analyst you might need to write things that make sense. What are you on about?
To Amai Grace Mugabe, as A Messenger Of God I just say take more orphans from the streets and may God continue to look after you and Bless what you are doing, wonderful work of looking after the orphans, the lame and the poor in general. Remember we also love your children from your own womb, they are our brothers and sisters and we greet them as such and if they do wrong we tell them without fear as they are our own sisters and brothers and you are our mother, my mother. Merry Christmas And A Very Happy New Year mother. AMEN. Messenger Of God
May The Lord The Great God Jesus Christ Bless you brother, you know what you are talking about. AMEN. Messenger Of God
May The Lord The Great God Jesus Christ Bless you brother, you know what you are talking about. AMEN. Messenger Of God
The orphans were not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, the under privileged we’re not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, Mazowe is not for her but she gave it to the poor orphans, doing her part which God sent her to do. As for President Mugabe maybe he is starting to realise he made mistakes and is now repenting, believe Mugabe knows what repentance is. God is giving him a chance to do just that. We pray for President Mugabe that he would repent before he meets his Creator. So let’s not blame Amai for what others did, she is trying to rectify that by doing Good so that those that did wrong maybe forgiven because of her. Even Joyce Mujuru was in Heaven as well before she was born here but she simply forget and became greedy. AMEN. Messenger Of God
The orphans were not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, the under privileged we’re not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, Mazowe is not for her but she gave it to the poor orphans, doing her part which God sent her to do. As for President Mugabe maybe he is starting to realise he made mistakes and is now repenting, believe Mugabe knows what repentance is. God is giving him a chance to do just that. We pray for President Mugabe that he would repent before he meets his Creator. So let’s not blame Amai for what others did, she is trying to rectify that by doing Good so that those that did wrong maybe forgiven because of her. Even Joyce Mujuru was in Heaven as well before she was born here but she simply forget and became greedy. AMEN. Messenger Of God
The orphans were not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, the under privileged we’re not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, Mazowe is not for her but she gave it to the poor orphans, doing her part which God sent her to do. As for President Mugabe maybe he is starting to realise he made mistakes and is now repenting, believe Mugabe knows what repentance is. God is giving him a chance to do just that. We pray for President Mugabe that he would repent before he meets his Creator. So let’s not blame Amai for what others did, she is trying to rectify that by doing God so that those that did wrong maybe forgiven because of her. Even Joyce Mujuru was in Heaven as well before she was born here but she simply forget and became greedy. AMEN. Messenger Of God
The orphans were not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, the under privileged we’re not created by Amai Grace Mugabe, Mazowe is not for her but she gave it to the poor orphans, doing her part which God sent her to do. As for President Mugabe maybe he is starting to realise he made mistakes and is now repenting, believe Mugabe knows what repentance is. God is giving him a chance to do just that. We pray for President Mugabe that he would repent before he meets his Creator. So let’s not blame Amai for what others did, she is trying to rectify that by doing God so that those that did wrong maybe forgiven because of her. Even Joyce Mujuru was in Heaven as well before she was born here but she simply forget and became greedy. AMEN. Messenger Of God
Many people wonder how Heaven looks like and how the life is there? Well I tell you the truth now, you create how you will live in Heaven, wether your Heaven will be hell or Heaven it’s up to what you do everyday when you wake up. If on most of the time you steal, fight, hate others, commit fraud, are greedy, bewitch others, commits adultery, don’t help the poor and a liar, then you will meet the same things in your Heaven which will be hell, but this time you will be at the receiving end and you won’t be able to cope. If you do on this earth mice things to others, the same shall be done to you in Heaven. As for being mother, you one doesn’t have to tell people she is a mother people can see it by how the person dresses and what she does to others. Amai Grace Mugabe earned that by how she dresses and looking after orphans like her own children from her womb. She is a mother and no one can take that from her, she has earned respect and no one can take that from her, many people esp the poor loves her and no one can take that from her, God loves her and no one can take that from her. Long back before I was even sent to be born on this earth used to know these ladies from Heaven, I am just mentioning a few names Amai Grace and Orpah Muchinguri, Maybe God has now revealed it to them and they are now doing what they were sent to do to love and help the poor. AMEN. Messenger Of God
Wat qualifies 1 2 b an analyst coz it nw seems evry1 is, obviously ths ‘analyst’ smokes è 1st grade. I’ve dcided 2 make myself an analyst as wel so my analysis is tht ths article ws paid 4 to portray Grace as a ‘woman of substance’ Grace’s hiding bhind è orphans inorder 2 grab land in Mazowe, she’s building her empire n 1 day wen she decides 2 kick off these orphans, wil she be thrown in jail? No, wil her properties b seized, NO. È analyst mentioned Grace meeting è grassroots as in cross border traders, wat a joke. Wat country prides itself wit a sizeable citizenry in trading/vending? Hw mch foreign currency do they bring in 2 è country n wats è value of their contribution 2 GDP. Afta al wat concerns hs Grace addressed tht these cross border traders brot? Not even 1 coz it ws al about consolidating their power n neva about people of Zimbabwe. Where in è world does a sitting president run a commercial enterprise as in è case of Mugabe’s Gushungo dairies wit state of è art machinery n equipment wen masses r wallowing in poverty, companies closing everyday, infrastructure collapsing, health sector in an intensive care, education not worth writing abt. Mr Bwoni, I knw y u wd wnt Mugabe 2 rule ‘forever’, it’s bcoz if he’s president, è economy wil continue 2crumble n so u in è diaspora wl take advantage n make loads of money n investments back home Luke wat u dd b4 2009. In è GNU period è diasporas were on mo or less è same level as evry1 else back home so m nt surprised y ths ‘analyst’ wants a continued Mugabe rule
Please Zimbabweans,I really pray that we read the sermons by Bro William Branham or those in Zimbabwe to attend Paul Mwazha meetings.Its time of the end ,nyika yava kuguma .Remember Lot’s wife said Jesus the Christ.
Please Zimbabweans,I really pray that we read the sermons by Bro William Branham or those in Zimbabwe to attend Paul Mwazha meetings.Its time of the end ,nyika yava kuguma .Remember Lot’s wife said Jesus the Christ.
Bravo Zimeye,
You have published an opinion of a pro Grace Mugabe supporter. Is it fair what we have done to Grace in the media? Unfortunately while people have been slinging mud at her husband, some of the mud has missed him and hit her. Zimbabweans, we must remember that some sections of the international community wish to destroy the positive image of our leaders and promote incompetents who are easily manipulated, who are dependent on them and who have in bondage to vices. Politics is a dirty game. It is also ruthless. Look at the images of the orphanage. Grace is a person of excellence. Grace is caring for orphans. Grace is exposing the old school of entrenched corruption such as Mujuru. Yes grace has taken land but she is stewarding it properly as the Bible commands. Is she really as bad as people think and as the media paints her? For me I am beginning to think that maybe she has caught the vision of nation building. The corrupt crew has to be removed. Emmerson Mnangagwa, educated and experienced is rising up. There is a new brush sweeping away the filth of those in covenant with mujuru where she can do what she wants and the media will praise her and never condemn her. A new brush sweeps more efficently. I want to ask us Zimbabweans…. is Grace really as bad as the media says or should we look at what she is doing. She is feeding us with milk and milk products, She has an orphanage. She is building a school and a university. I think we should open our eyes and take a second look at her. I wish every zimbabwean who has received land and money would use that land and that money as Grace has done. It s time for nation building. Let us not break down what she is building. The bible says whatever is good, pure… think on these things. Maybe we should practice that with Grace. Maybe God is raising her up as a nation builder instead others who have a positive image yet who demands 10% and sits down and does nothing, consumes and consumes and builds nothing. Zimbabweans, lets take a second look at Grace free from hatred, bitterness and evil judgeing. Amen????
Bravo Zimeye,
You have published an opinion of a pro Grace Mugabe supporter. Is it fair what we have done to Grace in the media? Unfortunately while people have been slinging mud at her husband, some of the mud has missed him and hit her. Zimbabweans, we must remember that some sections of the international community wish to destroy the positive image of our leaders and promote incompetents who are easily manipulated, who are dependent on them and who have in bondage to vices. Politics is a dirty game. It is also ruthless. Look at the images of the orphanage. Grace is a person of excellence. Grace is caring for orphans. Grace is exposing the old school of entrenched corruption such as Mujuru. Yes grace has taken land but she is stewarding it properly as the Bible commands. Is she really as bad as people think and as the media paints her? For me I am beginning to think that maybe she has caught the vision of nation building. The corrupt crew has to be removed. Emmerson Mnangagwa, educated and experienced is rising up. There is a new brush sweeping away the filth of those in covenant with mujuru where she can do what she wants and the media will praise her and never condemn her. A new brush sweeps more efficently. I want to ask us Zimbabweans…. is Grace really as bad as the media says or should we look at what she is doing. She is feeding us with milk and milk products, She has an orphanage. She is building a school and a university. I think we should open our eyes and take a second look at her. I wish every zimbabwean who has received land and money would use that land and that money as Grace has done. It s time for nation building. Let us not break down what she is building. The bible says whatever is good, pure… think on these things. Maybe we should practice that with Grace. Maybe God is raising her up as a nation builder instead others who have a positive image yet who demands 10% and sits down and does nothing, consumes and consumes and builds nothing. Zimbabweans, lets take a second look at Grace free from hatred, bitterness and evil judgeing. Amen????
If you believe the rubbish printed on this page then you have to be completely stupid
Musaite analysis yamusingazivi mufunge. Amai Ava vans vavo vamuri kuti she is a mother, umm ask th teachers, besides kuti madofo, Havana hunhu. She is not as good as you describe nooooo
Musaite analysis yamusingazivi mufunge. Amai Ava vans vavo vamuri kuti she is a mother, umm ask th teachers, besides kuti madofo, Havana hunhu. She is not as good as you describe nooooo
Ummm kana anoda zvinhu, dai aive akanaka akaita advice her husband kuti asabire vanhu election, Zimbabweans are suffering. The orphans were created by Mugabe, the under privileged were created by Mugabe. Industries have closed. Mazoe yese yayake and vakabviswa ikoko are suffering. Which first lady would fail to do that simple thing yaari kuita with state resources. Imi she is manipulative and she is a Hurter. Musadaro muchinyora zvamusingazivi muri Ku UK. Tatambura he couple iyi my zimbabwe. Aivepi Zimbabwe ichiparara
Ummm kana anoda zvinhu, dai aive akanaka akaita advice her husband kuti asabire vanhu election, Zimbabweans are suffering. The orphans were created by Mugabe, the under privileged were created by Mugabe. Industries have closed. Mazoe yese yayake and vakabviswa ikoko are suffering. Which first lady would fail to do that simple thing yaari kuita with state resources. Imi she is manipulative and she is a Hurter. Musadaro muchinyora zvamusingazivi muri Ku UK. Tatambura he couple iyi my zimbabwe. Aivepi Zimbabwe ichiparara
Undoubtably, her acts of charity are well recorded and that she works hard is indisputable. I know a few people who she worked with and they all speak of her efficiency in getting things done quickly. However, there is a big difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Further, one may function well in certain environments and may be good at certian tasks conducted under specific conditions. As a typist she was ruthlessly efficient, as a business lady she proved to be successful and her philanthropic work is appreciated by all right thinking Zimbabweans. However, her foray into the world of politics has been an unmitigated disaster. She divided the party and created many enemies in the process. Given her situation, she should be making as many friends as possible. Noone knows, except God, what tomorrow holds for our nation. She said things that could land her in hot soup should there be a change of guard at state house. She confessed to having recorded VP Mujuru’s private moments in her bedroom. That is a criminal offence that could land her in trouble should Mai Mujuru approach the courts. She said many things that could be used in defamation lawsuit for millions of dollars. Right now the party is now weaker than it was a couple of months ago. With two VP’s who do not command any grassroots support, the opposition have a good chance to defeat Zanu PF. Thanks to Grace Mugabe! So given the above, I would not say she is a woman of substance.
Undoubtably, her acts of charity are well recorded and that she works hard is indisputable. I know a few people who she worked with and they all speak of her efficiency in getting things done quickly. However, there is a big difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Further, one may function well in certain environments and may be good at certian tasks conducted under specific conditions. As a typist she was ruthlessly efficient, as a business lady she proved to be successful and her philanthropic work is appreciated by all right thinking Zimbabweans. However, her foray into the world of politics has been an unmitigated disaster. She divided the party and created many enemies in the process. Given her situation, she should be making as many friends as possible. Noone knows, except God, what tomorrow holds for our nation. She said things that could land her in hot soup should there be a change of guard at state house. She confessed to having recorded VP Mujuru’s private moments in her bedroom. That is a criminal offence that could land her in trouble should Mai Mujuru approach the courts. She said many things that could be used in defamation lawsuit for millions of dollars. Right now the party is now weaker than it was a couple of months ago. With two VP’s who do not command any grassroots support, the opposition have a good chance to defeat Zanu PF. Thanks to Grace Mugabe! So given the above, I would not say she is a woman of substance.