Dr Parirenyatwa, explain yourself
Before the March 29 Election, my impression of Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr. David Parirenyatwa was that he was among the more “reasonable” of mugabe’s ministers. He had a good reputation, and the people I knew who had been on committees or at conferences or meetings with him seemed to respect him.
But Parirenyatwa being depicted in the media seems a very different man. He is accused of being instrumental to a campaign of post-election, retaliatory violence in Murehwa.
Dr Parirenyatwa, I challenge you to read stories such as these, and explain yourself.
- Mugabe minister accused of gun threats
- Health Minister Parirenyatwa Organising Violence in Murehwa
- MCDT condemns Parirenyatwa for ongoing violence in Murewa
- Widespread Political Violence Reported in Zimbabwe’s Rural Areas
If you would like to contact Dr David Parirenyatwa and challenge him about these reports, you can reach him on the details below:
Ministry of Health and Child Welfare
Box CY 1122, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 730 111-9
Email: npro_moh@gta.gov.zw (Ministry’s National Public Relations Officer)
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008 at 2:34 pm
[...] I’ve been reading a news article in which the Mugabe regime asserts that the MDC is drawing attention to post election violence as a “ploy” for international intervention. Meanwhile the BBC has just published a short film about victims of state violence in Zimbabwe. I wonder whether Morgan Tsvangirai might challenge Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr David Parirenyatwa to tour Harare’s hospitals to see and hear the gruesome stories of assault and brutality. Tsvangirai’s visit to supporters who have been beaten and who are recovering in hospital is long overdue. But if Ban Ki-moon comes first, then lets at least see Someone from the MDC rallying hope in the hospital wards. [...]
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008 at 2:41 pm
Just sent an email. thanks for the address. do you have any other zim govt email addresses we could bombard?