Herbert Ushewokunze

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Herbert Ushewokunze

1st Minister of Health of Zimbabwe

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Doctor Herbert Ushewokunze served as the Home Affairs Minister of Zimbabwe. A founding member of the Zimbabwe African National Union, Ushewokunze strongly supported President Robert Mugabe until he fell out of favor. Re-living the Second Chimurenga: memories from the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, 2006. Chung, Preben (INT) Kaarsholm. Page 164.</ref>

Ushewokunze played a leading role in ending race-based segregation in health facilities after Zimbabwe Rhodesia became Zimbabwe.[1]

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  1. ^ Jackson, Lynette A. Surfacing Up: Psychiatry and Social Order in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1908-1968, 2005. Pages 3-6.