In the midst of a deepening economic crisis exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and shocking WFP prognosis that two thirds of Zimbabwe's population will need food aid by month-end, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party are intent on further suppressing free expression. In his own words, he’s intent on ‘flushing out’ opponents of the regime, calling them ‘bad apples’ and ‘rogue elements in league with foreign detractors’. Journalists exposing corruption and many citizens protesting Zimbabwe’s slide into chaos are viciously silenced. Arbitrary arrests, torture and abductions are daily occurrences. #FreeSpeak host Gwen Lister discusses what’s happening there with two powerhouse Zimbabwean women, wellknown journalist Reyhana Masters and award winning novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga.