Sekai Holland | |
|---|---|
 Holland in 2010 | |
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse | Jim Holland |
Sekai Holland (born 1942)[citation needed] is a Zimbabwean former politician who served as Minister of State for National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration in the administrations of President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Sekai has been involved in campaigning on a number of human rights issues, including those relating to Aboriginal Australians, apartheid in South Africa and the women's rights and democracy in Zimbabwe.[1]
Her father, the writer and magazine editor Masotsha Mike Hove, was elected in 1953 as a special representative to the first Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland parliament. He had the distinction of being the first African allowed to be designated an "employee" under the regulations pertaining to the Rhodesian Guild of Journalists in Southern Rhodesia.[2][3]
She has dedicated her life to campaigning for human rights, democracy and the empowerment of woman. She was recognised in 2012 with the Sydney Peace Prize, Australia's only international prize for peace.[4]
- ^ "Home". 5 August 2015.
- ^ "OBITUARY:Masotsha Mike Hove – the man who saw it all | The Chronicle". chronicle.co.zw. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Jet 15 July 1954
- ^ "Doctor Sekai Holland". University of Technology Sydney. 22 November 2019.