Once again the most active and notorious (notorious for being unrelentengly anti Mnangagwa) branch in the MDC UK was on the demo trail last Saturday the 18th of January. This time we were campaigning against the intentional, systematic and downright satanic neglect of the health care system in Zimbabwe.
The demo was organised and hosted by the MDC Reading Branch. A lot of the big hitters from the South West were present and in full effect, namely Edgar Makuni (District Chairman), Model Pamire (Provincial Organising Secretary), Manya Mary Ndoro, Sipiwe Dube (District Secretary) and Iline Manhunzi (District Women Assembly Chair).
Demonstrators came from Slough, Portsmouth, Milton Keynes and some from from the South East. They braved the cold weather of the South West to show their disgust and anger at Mnangagwa, Chiwenga, SB Moyo and the rest of the dusty old men in Zanu who continue to pilfer away the country’s funds by going back and forth abroad to receive top notch medical care while many people are having to be ferried to hospital in a wheelbarrow to receive 18th century style care while lying on the floor of a dingy building.
Their views against the regime in Harare were quite vehement with placards carry messages like:
CHIWENGA, SB MOYO AND MNANGAGWA DONT CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF ZIMBABWEANS
MNANGAGWA DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS, HE IS A CROCODILE
MNANGAGWA DOESNT CARE ABOUT HEALTH, ASK HIS UROLOGIST
SB MOYO DOESNT CARE ABOUT HEALTH, ASK HIS PROCTOLOGIST
WE WANT REGIME CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE
And a special thanks to our own Joyce Mbairatsunga and Plaxidis Mugonde from Slough Branch who prepared and distributed the placards at the demo.
The demo also sought to raise funds for basic medical and hygienic apparatus such as surgical gloves, bandages, antiseptic creams and drips for the which will be donated to the one of the many impoverished and detached villages in the rural areas of Zimbabwe. This may not seem like a lot but it will make a huge difference in the lives of the people who will receive them. Think of the man with stage 4 pressure sores or woman with diabetic foot ulcers whose wounds are worsening by the day because shortages in bandages. And this was a common theme in the speeches made both at the demo and later on the Pakistani Community Centre where the fundraiser was held.
District Chairman Makuni reminded those in attendance that we should never take such a demo for granted because in Zimbabwe an even such as this would have ended in bloodshed inflicted by the regime in Harare on demonstrators.
Below are a selected few of the pictures from the day. For more, check in the Events Gallery.
