By Akani Nkuna
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu has lambasted the uMkhonto WeSizwe Party (MKP) for disrupting a community health outreach programme in Mandeni, saying the incident undermined the healthcare rights of poor residents.
Simelane-Zulu said the disruption was “deeply irresponsible, anti-community, and a direct attack on the constitutional right of our people to access healthcare”.
MK party members arrived at the venue chanting political songs and issuing threats, which forced health officials to halt the programme and leave before all patients could be seen, according to the department.
“It is utterly unacceptable that a political organisation would deliberately disrupt a non-political, life-saving health programme purely to score political points. The Department was in Mandeni to serve the people…nothing more, nothing less. Instead, vulnerable residents were intimidated and prevented from receiving the healthcare they urgently needed,” said the MEC.
The incident took place on Sunday during the Isibhedlela Kubantu outreach
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