{"id":87755,"date":"2023-12-03T10:52:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-slams-tshabangu-for-calling-former-masvingo-mayor-a-little-girl"},"modified":"2023-12-11T00:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:13:31","slug":"mahere-slams-tshabangu-for-calling-former-masvingo-mayor-a-little-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-slams-tshabangu-for-calling-former-masvingo-mayor-a-little-girl","title":{"rendered":"Mahere Slams Tshabangu For Calling Former Masvingo Mayor &#8220;A Little Girl&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Mt Pleasant MP, Fadzayi Mahere has castigated CCC\u2019s self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu for describing the former Mayor of Masvingo Shantiel Yeukai Chiwara as \u201ca little girl\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chiwara (25), a graduate with a BComm (Hons) in Banking, and Masters in Strategic Management student, was the youngest Mayor and the first female Mayor of Masvingo.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a recent interview on HStvNews, Tshabangu intimated that Chiwara was not elected as the Masvingo Mayor on merit, but was a concubine of some senior CCC official.<\/p>\n<p>Mahere said Tshabangu\u2019s remarks are an attack on the right of a young, competent woman to lead saying the \u201cdisgusting misogyny\u201d should be condemned by all Zimbabweans. She said:<\/p>\n<p>Disgusting misogyny is on display here by Mr Tshabangu. His defamatory, sexist remarks go beyond politics.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an attack on the right of a young, competent woman to lead and must be condemned by all progressive Zimbabweans.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Chiwara @Shantiel16 is not a \u201clittle girl\u201d. She is a banker who broke an important glass ceiling by being elected the first female Mayor of Masvingo.<\/p>\n<p>Stop scandalizing her. Stop infantilizing her. Stop harassing her for being a young woman.<\/p>\n<p>The @CCCZimbabwe is a movement that has long championed Gender Parity and has consistently stated that it\u2019s a movement #ForEveryone \u2013 including young professional women. #16DaysOfActivism<\/p>\n<p>Chiwara was the sole councillor recalled by Tshabangu in Masvingo in the first round of the CCC recalls in October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Mt Pleasant MP, Fadzayi Mahere has castigated CCC\u2019s self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu for describing the former Mayor of Masvingo Shantiel Yeukai Chiwara as \u201ca little girl\u201d. Chiwara (25), a graduate with a BComm (Hons) in Banking, and Masters in Strategic Management student, was the youngest Mayor and the first female Mayor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,2308,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-87755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-fadzayi-mahere","12":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mahere Slams Tshabangu For Calling Former Masvingo Mayor &quot;A Little Girl&quot; - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mt Pleasant MP, Fadzayi Mahere has castigated CCC\u2019s self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu for describing the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-slams-tshabangu-for-calling-former-masvingo-mayor-a-little-girl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mahere Slams Tshabangu For Calling Former Masvingo Mayor &quot;A Little Girl&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mt Pleasant MP, Fadzayi Mahere has castigated CCC\u2019s self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu for describing the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-slams-tshabangu-for-calling-former-masvingo-mayor-a-little-girl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-03T08:52:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-10T22:13:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/sm_1701590647.836237.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1071\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"597\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-slams-tshabangu-for-calling-former-masvingo-mayor-a-little-girl\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-slams-tshabangu-for-calling-former-masvingo-mayor-a-little-girl\",\"name\":\"Mahere Slams Tshabangu For Calling Former Masvingo Mayor \\\"A Little Girl\\\" - 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