Beatrice Mtetwa Quotes

Beatrice Mtetwa is a Swazi was born 1957 and naturalised Zimbabwean lawyer who has been internationally recognized for her defense of journalists and press freedom. The New York Times described her in 2008 as "Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyer". Wikipedia  

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Famous Beatrice Mtetwa Quotes

“What should be important is the fact that you are the best man or woman for the job and if you are you should be appointed.”

Source: Beatrice Mtetwa: In Conversation with Trevor https://kubatana.net/2019/11/05/beatrice-mtetwa-in-conversation-with-trevor/

“If anyone wants change, they have the obligation to do something to attain that change.”

Source: Courage of Zimbabwe human rights lawyer captured in film https://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/jun/18/zimbabwe-lawyer-film-beatrice-mtetwa
Context: The only weapon I developed as a form of protest was to surreptitiously take out the air from the bicycle tyres every morning, which almost always delayed the cyclists. From then on, I questioned virtually everything I did not agree with.

“I have, even as a child, always been a firm believer in fairness and always strive to be even-handed in my dealings with everyone,”

Source: Beatrice Mtetwa: Zimbabwe’s Frontline Defender Of Human Rights https://www.newzimbabwe.com/beatrice-mtetwa-zimbabwes-frontline-defender-of-human-rights/

“I am not an activist because there is any glory or cash to it and not because I'm trying to antagonize the government... I'm doing it because it's a job that's got to be done”

Source: Beatrice Mtetwa HRD Zimbabwean Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/beatrice-mtetwa

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