Virginia Mabiza, is a

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

an lawyer and politician in Zimbabwe. In 2018 she was permanent secretary at the

Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs is a government ministry, responsible for Judiciary of Zimbabwe, courts in Zimbabwe. The incumbent minister is Ziyambi Ziyambi and the deputy minister is Jessie Majome. Virginia Mabiza was ...

Life

Mabiza qualified as a lawyer with an honours degree from the

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. Her master's degree in leadership and change management is the

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. In 2016 she was involved with threatening #thisflag protestors. The protests inspired by Pastor involved a social media-inspired strike.

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called on protestors to disregard Mabiza who said that the sale or use of the Zimbabwean flag was illegal. In 2018 she was permanent secretary at the Ministry Of Justice, Legal And Parliamentary Affairs, where

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was the responsible minister. Mabiza was involved with delivering the President's promise to the victims of the

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massacres. Mabiza said that she would consult with victim's relatives to plan for exhumations and reburials. She would assist with missing birth and death certificates although the actions may require new laws to permit the proposed action. In 2019 she announced that Zimbabwe was to host an international (

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) intellectual property conference. In 2023, Mabiza became the first female

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