Family Planning Council blasts attention-seeking Mudede

The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) on Wednesday accused Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede of sabotaging its work after he called on Zimbabweans to shun contraceptives.

Mudede torched a storm recently when he told a Family of God Church gathering in Kambuzuma, Harare, that contraceptives were a ploy by powerful Western nations to  control population growth in Africa and weaken the continent.

He said contraceptives were also to blame for diseases such as cancer among women and urged Zimbabweans to shun them.

But speaking at the official launch of the Family Planning Advocacy in Harare on Wednesday, ZNFPC's director for technical services, Dr Edmore Munongo, accused Mudede of seeking cheap publicity.

He said sometimes "people can be misled by those who want to divert people from real issues of their life for the benefit of creating controversy".