Theatre practitioner-cum- political activist, Silvanos “Banditi” Mudzvova this afternoon staged his one-man protest play titled Dirty at Parliament Building despite heavy police presence after people who gathered to watch the play man-walled the police details from reaching him until he wrapped up the play.
BY LORRAINE MUROMO
When the first group of eight police details arrived and were prevented by the crowd from arresting him, they called for reinforcements.
Mudzvova told NewsDay that he was not afraid to stage his play, which exposed the evil of corruption bedevilling the economy.
“I am not afraid at all because I am protected by the constitution which guarantees my right to life and protection by the State. The issues I am raising in this play are not treasonous; in fact the president of this country raised them. Corruption is killing this country and we can’t leave it like that .If artists could all raise their voices, corrupt people would be arrested,” he said
“Dirty is when people accused of corruption are allowed to represent us in Parliament. It is meant to expose every minister and parliamentarian accused of corruption and demand that they leave public office. Dirty is calling for Members of Parliament to effect citizen arrest on ministers accused of corruption.”
Mudzvova said it was “traumatising” that nine months after it emerged that diamonds revenue worth $15 billion could not be accounted for.
He said only “small fish” have been arrested in a raft of corruption scandals involving Zimdef, Psmas and Zinara hence it was “time for citizens to act.”
