"I applaud your efforts, and congratulate you on winning the IUCN, World Commission on Protected Areas, International Ranger award. The funds from this recognition have gone directly back into improving the facilities of your anti-poaching unit, which is as we speak, just being completed with improved building works for the growing dog unit"

"I am here in Masvingo province with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) and the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, and officially present to you this plaque, to recognise and acknowledge your extraordinary courage and service"

"FIRST LADY DR. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA PAYS TRIBUTE TO ZIMBABWE GAME RANGERS,15 March 2023"

"Infamous for being a hub of prostitution, drug abuse and a place where women`s dignity was not respected paBooster in the sprawling settlement of Epworth assumed a new role yesterday, thanks to the First Lady in the sprawling settlement of Epworth assumed a new role yesterday, thanks to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa."

"I thank the First Lady for bringing this programme here at the Booster. She has given us education. I ended my education in Form 3 so I am grateful with her decision to uplift us here in Epworth. Most women were doing bad things at the Booster but Amai has come to encourage us to leave this and it`s now over. We also thank the university that she collaborated with so that we get certificates."

"The first lady’s charitable work has a focus on the upliftment of women. She helped establish women’s banks in several areas of the country’s Midlands."

"The mother of the nation expressed dismay at poor management of the environment and veld fires caused by villagers."

"Women have a spirit of servitude, ministry, providing for food and bringing solutions where there are no solutions. Women make things happen. It’s important to be deliberate. It’s a ‘you and me’ drive that says women matter. We make up 51 percent of the population so we can’t continue to say women are disadvantaged."

"Today there is more acceptance than ever before that women bring different experiences, perspectives, and skills to the table and make irreplaceable contributions to decisions, policies and laws that work better for all."

"Women leaders...COVID-19 response and recovery efforts"

"I call upon all stakeholders to join us in this nationwide effort to improve the lives of women, knowing that empowering a woman means empowering a village, empowering a village means empowering communities and therefore empowering the nation."

"“I think what we really need is to act together. Let’s act, let’s put our money where our mouths are. Let’s put our ideas together. Let us also create relationships that will sustain what we believe to create a better future, a better world for us all.”"

"Today there is more acceptance than ever before that women bring different experiences, perspectives, and skills to the table and make irreplaceable contributions to decisions, policies and laws that work better for all. I call upon all stakeholders to join us in this nationwide effort to improve the lives of women, knowing that empowering a woman means empowering a village, empowering a village means empowering communities and therefore empowering the nation.”"

"She said women have been known to be at the lower end of the food chain but the bank recognises that women have big ideas which need funding."

"Sithembiso Nyoni, Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development of Zimbabwe, said in the presentation of the report that her country had adopted in 2013 a very progressive Constitution which incorporated gender equality and women’s rights."

"Climate change is real. If you look around now we are in October amid wind which should have ended in August. This is how climate change comes. If we cut down trees and start fires what shall we do when there are volcanic eruptions? We do not know what we will use as shield because we have blown the covers. Grass helps preserve moisture and the cutting down of trees will make it difficult to replant them because they take long to grow. Herald(1 October 2021)."

"This clean-up day is not new. It was long pronounced by the Head of State Cde Mnangangwa. I was made patron of the day because of the works I do. At home the mother is responsible for cleaning the home, she knows where she keeps the sweeping brooms and knows how best to sweep the house and how how many corners it has. the mother cleans up all corners."

"Education knows no age and as I am standing here I am going to school."

"I feel like crying seeing a woman suffering like this but is it worth it (madzimai)women. Women from today let us leave this life and start a new life. We have rejected the spirit of prostitution. We can end our challenges on our own as women. Booster has brought us diseases, children of different totems. May God hear us and cleanse this place."

"We want the media to bring out the message that infertility affects both men and women, this can not be a blame game. Yet we know in our societies that women bear the brunt of this problem. This can be a basis of sexual and or physical abuse, divorce or isolation from the family structure. In Africa infections are the major causes of infertility. Traditional and cultural and religious practices combined with low resources can be catalysts for these conditions. Factors that include poor nutrition, untreated sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions, consequences of genital mutilation and exposure to smoking also promote infertility, hence both men and women are affected equally. We want the media to bring out the fact that infertility is not a case, there can be a solution to situations when a couple comes face to face with this situation."

"Women countrywide should embrace each other and avoid hate which will not take them anywhere."

"We were promised change – but corruption and brutality still rule in Zimbabwe,"

"The government’s mantra that “Zimbabwe is open for business” has proven to be a hollow epithet, as remains extremely low and local businesses continue to close shop in the face of a confidence deficit. Corruption remains rampant with little commitment to deal with the perpetrators and recover the looted funds."

"Mnangagwa’s promise of change and reform, much lauded by the UK and Europe at the time of Mugabe’s ousting, has proven to be a mirage. It was argued by the UK and some in Europe that Zimbabwe needed a “strong man”, a -type figure, to drive economic reforms. However, on this front too, Mnangagwa has failed amid several negative economic indicators."

"In addition to thwarting the freedom to protest, the repression by Mnangagwa’s government has been characterised by the partisan use of security services, tampering with judicial independence, the surveillance and intimidation of activists, sham trials of human-rights defenders, impunity for human-rights-violating security forces – and targeted beatings and abductions of human-rights activists and members of the opposition."

"The perpetrators have yet to be indicted or held accountable for the loss of life, despite a theatrical commission of inquiry launched by Mnangagwa in a bid to repair his already crumbling international image."

"Protesters chanted songs similar to those sung during the liberation struggle. They sat in the middle of the road, in an act of peaceful protest. As they sat, a wave of baton-wielding riot police charged at them in an attempt to disperse the growing crowd. Many, including older people and women, who could not run away as fast as the more youthful protesters, were badly beaten. The violent police clampdown is just the latest action in a tale of unbroken state repression that continues from Mugabe’s era."

"Her level of confidence and academic background is what inspires women to strive to be better."

"Iam a slave to reason. i think about everything -big or small."

"Mnangagwa has failed at the most basic political reform. The mask has fallen away leaving in its stead a man more brutal and devoid of character than his predecessor. In the wake of his stewardship lies a country where individuals cannot afford a decent life and are punished for trying to register their growing discontent. It is time for the UK and Europe, who backed Mnangagwa, to stand with democratic forces and innocent, brutalised citizens – not a corrupt authoritarian regime incapable of reforming politically and economically. Only then can the winds of real change sweep across Zimbabwe."

"People are increasingly dissatisfied with the impact of failing economic policies, a broken public health system, the soaring prices of basic goods and the collapse of . They had been waiting in preparation for a protest march organised by the Movement for Democratic Change at Africa Unity Square, a garden in the heart of . In this same garden, just a few years ago, stood as a lone protester calling for Mugabe to go."

"In the , Nyamavhuvhu (August) signals the end of winter. The strong winds carry away the frost as they usher in the warmth of summer. With the silent strength of a new season, public discontent towards President ’s failing policies sweeps across Zimbabwe, manifesting itself through mounting displeasure and the growing threat of civil unrest. On the streets of the capital, , a middle-aged woman lies unconscious on the asphalt. An uncanny silence hangs in the air, punctuated only by the sound of water cannons patrolling the street and a sea of riot police conversing in hushed tones with each other. The blue-helmeted police, a signature of the Robert Mugabe era, march in straight lines through the central business district. Businesses are closed. Thick clouds of off-white teargas fill the sky. An old, grey-haired man who is left behind by the fleeing crowd is kicked in the ribs by two police officers and dragged by his side. A young man who tries to assist the stricken woman is arrested and bundled into a police truck. Elsewhere, Red Cross volunteers attend to an old woman who has suffered injuries to her head after being beaten."