STAFF WRITER
THE Zimbabwe African National Congress (ZANC) has supplied critical medical drugs to the needy in Dzivaresekwa high density suburb.
The party sprang to action following reports on August 6, that one of the residents of Dzivaresekwa suburb, Eliya Mwakapala who is a disabled citizen with one leg, has had serious difficulties in breathing coupled with swelling of his only leg since March 2021.
“On the 10th of March 2021, I started having breathing problems followed by swelling of my only leg left working. The Doctor said my body is full of water and needs to be drained immediately,” Mwakapala narrated his sad story.
Mwakapaa said could not afford the high cost of the drugs prescribed by his doctors.
However, a report reached the ZANC’s aspiring Member of Parliament, Fredrick Sunhwa who intervened.
“As ZANC, we believe that all Zimbabweans must have equal access to healthcare and education nationwide. That’s why we are already using our own resources to save the lives that matter so much to our type of democracy,” Sunhwa said.
ZANC founding president Timothy Mncube said the initiative was part of the national agenda
“As ZANC, we believe in helping those who are in need. We have watched the economy deteriorating and many of our people being thrown into destitution. It is our wish to empower the disadvantaged in our society.
“Covid-19 has caused a lot of untold suffering among our people and we are coming in as a party to provide support in our capacity,” Mncube said.
The party which was launched early this year, is slowly making progress in the political arena as it prepares for the 2023 watershed elections.
“We want to state categorically that ours is not that politics that fans hatred and antagonism.
“We want to bring about a new generation of politicking that speaks to our efforts to convince the electorate to embrace our proposals towards unlocking that better Zimbabwe dream that we have for this country,”Mncube said.
“We are not here to antagonise anyone but to sell our brand as well as our ideas so that the people of Zimbabwe can embrace us and our ideas.”
He also said there was a need to support the current government, in an objective manner.
“It is common cause that Zimbabwe has challenges that it faces as a country. For the last 41 years, there has been a government in place. There are good things that the government has managed to do.
