Yvonne Gwashawanhu Archives

Yvonne Mahlunge-Gwashawanhu: Of blood that cries out from within Zimbabwe’s earth

By Yvonne Mahlunge-Gwashawanhu

One of the most difficult and challenging periods of my life for which I still receive professional assistance for secondary trauma was supervising the electoral challenges to the 2000 parliamentary elections.

I had been assigned to lead the election petitions by David Coltart whom I deputised as the chairperson of the legal committee/secretary. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) filed 37 constituencies of the outcome of the June 2000 parliamentary elections.

Jan 24, 2021 Read more

Petition for prosecution of British couple who abused Zimbabwean child

LONDON – A leading Zimbabwean lawyer based in the UK, Yvonne Gwashawanhu, has started a petition to force an investigation into the adoption and fostering at the Lancashire County Council in the United Kingdom. This follows the story of a black child who was placed by her mother, a Zimbabwean asylum-seeker, with a white British […]

Nov 23, 2015 Read more

Operation Take Back Zimbabwe: Zim Vigil Diary

On the eve of the 2nd Stakeholders’ Meeting on the new constitution, Zimbabweans exiled in the UK gathered outside the Zimbabwe Embassy in London to underline our fears that this ludicrous process would again be hijacked by Zanu PF.

Oct 22, 2012 Read more