Pearl Thusi

"When I was asked to go to Zimbabwe, there was one thing I was told; tourism."

"To show a different narrative of Zimbabwe, that there's beauty, invite people to come and spend money in Zimbabwe… show that Zimbabwe is powerful and incredible in its own special ways."

"I am not going to apologise for anything. What I will say is I did not know I was going to be at the State House, and I didn't know I was going to be in a situation that was going to look politically charged. Because, generally, once people have made a decision, you can't change their minds."

"I was never in this situation to be like, 'Ah, let me hurt people',"