By Jane Mlambo| Former Herald Editor Tichaona Zindonga has dashed to the defense of underfire radio personality Misred saying the abuse she suffered on social is shameful and a danger to journalism which requires poweful and independent women.

Posting on Twitter, Zindonga said the attack on Misred and another powerful media personality Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa was ‘misogynistic’.

“The way @iMisred and @RuvhenekoP, arguably Zimbabwe’s preeminent young female media personalities, are treated on social media is shameful, as the attacks are not only misogynistic but also a danger to journalism which requires powerful, expressive and independent women,” said Zindoga.

Misred was a subject of social media condemnation after she appeared on a Ghanaian radio station commenting on the Zimbabwean situation.

In that interview, Misred said there was a disconnect between what is on social media and the situation on the ground.

“There’s a very big disconnect between what’s going on the ground and what’s going on social media.”

She later issued an apology saying she could have articulated the challenges facing Zimbabweans better than she did on the interview, though it did little to cool down tempers as people kept attacking her as a “regime enabler.”

“Dear fellow Zimbabweans, I really do want to say, I am sorry I let us down. I am sorry that my words have caused pain and have resulted in so many of you feeling that I have let our cause down.

“I have listened to all the feedback and concerns raised and although my temptation has been to explain away the pain, I do agree I could have articulated our plight much more clearly. In hindsight, I should have declined the interview given the gravity of the cause.

“I want you to know I share the pain and daily struggles we all experience and do not in any way trivialize this. #ZimbabweanLivesMatter and this is not negotiable. Again, my profound apologies.”