Joyline Maenzanise
Writer, Novice Poet, Social Critic
Sexual and Reproductive Health, Mental Health, LGBT+ issues, Business, Politics, Pop Culture, Education, Digital Marketing Content writing
PROJECTS
thisisafrica.me
Tanya Muzinda dispels the myth that motocross is a “boy’s sport”
Some people still believe that motocross is a boy’s sport but 13-year-old Zimbabwean motocross sensation Tanya Muzinda proves otherwise. Her many awards and successes makes her a living example of the fact that girls can take up the sport and achieve greatness.
Tanya’s love for motorbikes developed from around the age of 5. Add to that love lots of training and the determination to “be on the podium” and you have the recipe that saw this young girl become a household name in the motocross wor...
kalaharireview.com
Zimbabwe — 38 years later
An Igby Prize essay on how freedom to self-govern is not enough cause for celebration by Joyline Maenzanise
April 18 marked the anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence from British colonial rule. I appreciate the brazen efforts of the folks who fought tooth and nail — some of whom lost their loved ones, their lives or limbs — to take back what was stolen from us. Surely, Zimbabwe would not have been born has these freedom fighters remained silent and assimilated into a system that sought to ma...
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Dear Woman, Understand Your Body. If You Don’t, Your Partner Won’t
Masturbation is natural and healthy and benefits our relationships with ourselves and our partners in more ways than one, says Joyline Maenzanise
If you’ve seen the movie Someone Marry Barry, I’m sure you agree that the movie is not only funny but has some enlightening and thought-provoking moments too. Consider the conversation between the two roommates, Melanie and Paige:
Mel: Babe, you’ve got to learn to love yourself before others can love you.
Paige: My self-esteem is fine now.
Mel: No! ...
matobohillslodge.co.zw
My 1st Matobo Hills Experience
I had seen the pictures of the lodge on the website and they were breath-taking. However, having visited a lodge the previous year whose net pictures were a huge disappointment I wondered if Matobo Hills Lodge would also turn out to be just another case of “false advertising”.
The 55km kilometre drive from the hustle and bustle of BULAWAYO was refreshing and cathartic. As the noise of the city made way for the peace and beauty of the flora, I couldn’t help but smile.
There are said to be over...
thisisafrica.me
Zimbabwean techpreneur Alvin Chitena: “Leaders who don’t understand the importance of technology hinder the advancement of tech spaces.”
Alvin Chitena is an ambitious 21-year-old Zimbabwean whose love for computers, which developed in his preteen years, saw him acquire skills like assembling a computer from scratch. He is currently enrolled at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, US, where he is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts, with Computer Science as his major and Data Analysis as his second subject. In 2016, his first year of study, he started an organisation that teaches young people to code. He called it Zim Code and it is bas...
thisisafrica.me
Harmful and Repressive Internal Policing in the LGBTQI+ Community
Why do LGBTQI+people place pressure on one another to live up to norms and roles established by mainstream patriarchy? asks Joyline Maenzanise.
The LGBTQI+ community has come far – and we are still at it, as the fight for our rights continues. We continue to challenge patriarchal, (cis)heteronormative systems that are often predicated on religion and work to erase (or refuse to acknowledge) our existence, thus fuelling or perpetuating discrimination against us in more ways than one. Yes, we c...
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The Reality of Suicide and the Tragedy of Stigma in Our Black African Communities
Another recurring issue in the conversation is that both traditional psychology and the church have failed to adequately deal with mental health problems in the black community. File photo: Agnes Gaobepe, 36, a sangoma working in Wattville, a township of Benoni, 09 September 2004 Photo: ANP/AFP Alexander Joe
The death by suicide of high-profile individuals always gets the international community talking about suicide and mental illness. Of course, this is not to say that suicide is always fue...
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Rest assured, queerphobic leaders are the first to trample on the human rights of us all
The Kenya Film Classification Board recently banned Rafiki, a film depicting love between LGBTQI+ characters, from being shown in its cinemas. Kenya’s leader, President Uhuru Kenyatta, said the rights of LGBTQI+ people in Kenya were of no importance to the nation right now. President Buhari of Nigeria said that LGBTQI+ rights were not important to him. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni made us laugh a bit when he warned against oral sex, claiming the mouth was for eating food only. The manuf...
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“My sexist joke was taken out of context,” says aspirant Zimbabwean president Nelson Chamisa
Viewing one group as subhuman and not worthy of the respect afforded to other groups is not a joke, says Joyline Maenzanise.
In a few months, Zimbabweans will go to the polls to cast their vote in the first presidential election of the post-Mugabe era. One of the presidential candidates is Advocate Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T). Recently, while addressing a rally as part of his campaign, he pledged to give his sister to the incumbent pre...
All Africa
Zimbabwe: Granting Sex Workers Access to the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Was a Positive Move
For the first time ever, the Sexual Rights Centre was successful in gaining a platform for commercial sex workers at an annual trade fair in Zimbabwe.
Sex workers in Zimbabwe were granted permission to partake in this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). In a bid to promote trade and investment, the ZITF provides a platform for various entities to showcase their business and to trade, educate and network. It has been through the tireless efforts of the Sexual Rights Centre (SRC) t...
kalaharireview.com
My Childhood — A Battlefield
An Igby Prize for Nonfiction on Unclear Memories by Zimbabwean Joyline Maenzanise
Now, the shredded heart beats to a different rhythm
It has long been said that everything happens for a reason and if you are a Christian, you are taught to believe that that reason is for your good. You learn to find the good in the bad, the ugly or the grim. Ask Christians and several will probably tell you that during those times of hardships, they swear by Jeremiah 29:11 as a source of exhortation and consol...
techzim.co.zw
Involuntary Porn Stars, Upskirt And Downblouse Photography: Are They Huge Problems In Zimbabwe?
This is a Guest Post and does not necessarily reflect the thoughts and opinions of Techzim. We have a strong filtering process of what makes it to our blog and are confident that you’ll enjoy the article below.
Written by Joyline Maenzanise
Technology – it is helpful and it is also dangerous. On the upside, we can – among many other benefits – easily access information. On the downside, there is the risk of having various forms of information retrieved and/or disseminated without the consent ...
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Open Letter To President Mnangagwa
To His Excellency, Cde Mnangagwa
Mr President, I am writing this letter to express my views being fully cognizant of my constitutional right to do so and not be treated in any unfair manner on the grounds of my opinion.
I have been trying to pay very close attention to your utterances, be it at your inauguration, the Harare meeting with youth before your trip to Davos, your interview in Davos and so on. I must say, much of what you say gives many hope that there is a possibility that we may d...
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Afterthoughts on H&M’s Racist Hoodie: A Lesson for the Other Capitalists
Afterthoughts on H&M’s Racist Hoodie: A Lesson for the Other Capitalists
As an entity doing business in times of racial turbulence, I wonder what drove H&M to think that an advertisement with a BLACK boy – Liam Mango – wearing a garment which read ‘coolest MONKEY in the jungle’ would not stir up a storm. As a capitalist entity motivated to increase the bottom-line, I wonder why H&M thought such a tacky garment would help boost sales, especially from the black community. This fiasco served to ...
bulawayo24.com
Let's stop separating primary school children according to their marks
Yesterday, I was shocked to find out that there is a primary school which - in 2018 - used the previous year's marks to shuffle kids. The obvious result is that the ones with the highest results - those who are subsequently deemed to be the brightest or the cream of the crop - were all placed in one class. While that may feel good because who doesn't want to be recognised as smart, the imminent competition for top position may serve to have adverse effects on the kids' physical and emotional ...