Power, corruption and misogyny : The Marry Chiwenga case
Marry Chiwenga (Image credit: Munashe Chokodza/263 Chat) They say power corrupts and corrupts absolutely. If that cliche was ever doubted, events unfolding in Zimbabwe this past week have proved it. The ruling elite in Zimbabwe have consistently stuck to their past hypocrisy of yielding their power to the vulnerable, if not by shootings or police beatings then arrests and incarceration is their alternative. At the just ended, ZANU PF congress, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga mentioned that those fingered in corruption no matter whom they knew would face the wrath of the law. Hardly 48 hours after his remark, who would have guessed that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) would arrest his wife or should I saysoon to be ex-wife. The arrest of Marry Chiwenga nee Mubaiwa, turns out to be the most high profile arrest since ZACC caught and released another female victim, in former Tourism Minister Priscilla Mupfumira. Although something about the arrest and ...