First Lady On The Rise

How about a round of applause for the first lady Grace Mugabe as she is still  climbing the political ladder......

Reports are saying she is set to take the parliamentary seat Tendai Biti who has been labelled the ''MDC rebel'. 

This is a life time  opportunity for Grace tor take a stand and be a leader in politics.As far as gender issues are concerned, there seems to be progress in the enlightenment of women who are in politics.This is an interesting move by the first Lady  who has never been in politics.Even the Godfrey Gomwe-led provincial youth wing — are eager to please the First Family having already started moves to usher Grace in.It is promising that she is going to receive great and amazing support from the youth who are uprooting for her and also are pushing for the leadership that includes women. I can also argue that leadership without women is not leadership because for development to take place both participation of men and women is required.

This comes amid predictions by analysts that the MDC-T dominance in urban seats was under threat as Zanu PF was working on grabbing the opposition seats following the recent dismissal from Parliament of 21 MDC Renewal.

Grace, who is the party’s Secretary for Women’s League, was now reportedly ready to become the Minister of Women’s Affairs, currently vacant after Oppah Muchinguri was moved to the Higher Education portfolio.This shows that there is optimism of grace that women are making progresss as they take it step by step .Very soon we will be having many women in positions of power.

First Lady Grace Mugabe

Grace’s candidature, insiders say, cannot be ruled out as speculation has been high since December that she would join her husband’s cabinet after her ascension into the politburo. However, her handicap has been her lack of a parliamentary seat which is a pre-requisite for one to be a minister under the Constitution.

Grace was last year endorsed as Zanu PF Women’s League boss after she was reportedly approached by the then outgoing Muchinguri executive and war collaborators.  Grace herself,  engineered her political rise which coincided with the fall of former Vice-President Joice Mujuru.

Other seats to be contested include Harare East, Kambuzuma, Kuwadzana, Glen View South, Dzivarasekwa and Highfield West.It would also be great to see women contesting for all these seats as they have to prove a point that they refuse to be brainwashed by the norms and values of the patriarchal society .In addition it will show that they refuse to be treated as second class citizens.