Barbaric attack on Winky Dee unacceptable

The MDC is concerned by the attack on Dancehall artist Wallace Chirumiko popularly known as Winky Dee.

That organised violence can be unleashed on an artist and the perpetrators go unpunished is both barbaric and unacceptable.

Artists in Zimbabwe must have the freedom to think,be creative and enjoy the benefits of popular culture.

Criminalising certain words or diction due to it’s association with the MDC is also a bad sign and a bad reflection on the Zanu PF leadership which devides Zimbabweans and turn them against each other.

Even worse is the silence of Mnangagwa and the entire Zanu PF government.

They must be careful, people have been killed in their name and they have always kept quiet.

The violent attack on Winky Dee must be condemned with the contempt it deserves, perpetrators must be subjected to the Justice delivery system and tolerance must be at the centre of government awareness programs.

That no arrest has been made up to now is not good enough.

Behold the New. Change that delivers!

Jacob Mafume
MDC National Spokesperson