Do you'll know that in Zimbabwe we study William Shakespeare. Charles Dickens. Jane Austen. Mark Twain. William Blake. William Golding. George Orwell. The Bronte sisters.
The same literature texts that you study.
To add icing on the cake, we also appreciate our own world recognised African giants in literature. Wole Soyinka. Chinua Achebe. Ngugi Wathiongo. Charles Mungoshi. Mariama Ba. Chimamanda Ngozie Adichi. Tsitsi Dangarembga. Yvonne Vera. Dambudzo Marechera. Too many to mention.
Don't ever, in your life underestimate what we can do with words.
You reckon? Letβs check her CV.
Education
BA, University of Natal, 1963.
LLB, University of Natal, 1965.
LLM, Harvard University, 1982.
Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), Harvard University, 1988.
Positions held
Attorney and conveyancer in South Africa, 1967β1995.
Founder of her own law practice in Natal, 1967, becoming the first woman to establish a law practice in the province.
Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, from 1980.
Co-founder of Equality Now, 1985.
Acting judge of the South African High Court, 1995, becoming the first Black woman to serve as a judge on the Natal bench.
Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), 1995β1999.
President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 1999β2003.
Judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC), 2003β2008.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2008β2014.
Ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), from 2019, in proceedings concerning the genocide case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar.
Chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, 2021β2025
But, sure Jan: HaTrEd Of iSRaeL.
Rough yandarohwa pa Vintage Barbershop π Newlands, haa bhoo. Got there 9.15am, wanted a quick cut before meeting, and the place is literally 2minutes walk from my office. The guys were busy enjoying nyayas, 4 of them, they tossed me from one to the next and all of them saying they are expecting a client soon. Went out, sat in the car for about 10-15 minutes, no one entered that shop. Im like yaah, bhoo. I hope the owner of the barber gets this memo. In all honesty this is bad for business.