Doctor Herbert Ushewokunze served as the Home Affairs Minister of

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. A founding member of the

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, Ushewokunze strongly supported President

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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. Ushewokunze played a leading role in ending race-based segregation in health facilities after

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became Zimbabwe.Jackson, Lynette A. ''Surfacing Up: Psychiatry and Social Order in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1908-1968'', 2005. Pages 3-6. Ushewokunze, a skilled

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ian, would often paraphrase

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in parliament.Don’t cry when people demand their pound of flesh
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'', 29 April 2016

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