TO see Auxillia Mnangagwa at the UK FLAIR Summit and be one of the key speakers is a thorn in the flesh to the suffering Zimbabweans. Auxillia Mnangagwa, the First Lady of Zimbabwe is the wife of ED Mnangagwa, who is the President of Zimbabwe.
Since coming to power, Mnangagwa have been accused of causing suffering to the people of Zimbabwe and have brought the country to its knees. Mnangagwa has presided over government that undermines democratic principles of Zimbabwe and has turned the state institutions into tools for repression.
Auxillia Mnangagwa appeared in the Al Jazeera documentary, which was released on the 23rd of March 2023. Gold Mafia Episodes.
The documentary exposes alleged illicit financial flows from Zimbabwe. It's on illicit gold, trading, corruption, and money laundering in the mining sector of Zimbabwe. She has also been accused of capturing lithium resources, which she's plundering for China.
Auxillia Mnangagwa does have the power to employ and dismiss public employees at will. She has her two sons, Sean Mnangagwa, who's a Major in the Army, and Collins Mnangagwa, who's the Deputy Minister of Finance in her husband's cabinet in the public service. There's a possibility of building a succession from the same family being nurtured.
The ZANU PF regime has put the country on a knife edge. Zimbabwe economy has collapsed. Many families will never be together again, not because they don't want to be, but because they simply can never be together due to political persecution and economic hardships.
Zimbabwe's health care collapsed many years ago due to looting of public funds.
Most citizens are dying daily from easily treatable diseases. About 2,500 women die every year while giving birth because the largest hospital only has one maternity theatre built in 1977 by the colonial government. In the month of January 2025, alone, 300 infants and 54 women died extremely childbirth.
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Patents are told to bring their own medicines and most equipment in the hospitals is unserviceable. Corruption and incompetence by the ZANU PF regime lead by Mnangagwa and his family has sucked and drained the health of Zimbabwe.
Auxillia Mnangagwa doesn't hold the qualities of being an influential compassionate woman. Government officials, mostly the ZANU PF officials fly to China, South Africa, India, Singapore for private care, funded by public funds.
The UK has strict anti-corruption and respect for the human rights laws. Barring Auxillia Mnangagwa entry into the country reinforces the principal that those involved in corruption should face a punishment not to be rewarded. The UK must remain firm in its commitment to democratic values and refuse to legitimise individuals linked to human rights abuses and looting of state funds.
The decision of barring her will send a clear message to those who promote oppression, corruption and abuse of power for their own benefit.
- Dickson Chikwizo is Zimbabwean based in the UK. He writes in his capacity.
