{"id":91537,"date":"2024-02-27T22:07:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T20:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/selling-illegal-drugs-should-be-equated-to-attempted-murder-mliswa"},"modified":"2024-02-28T01:27:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T23:27:32","slug":"selling-illegal-drugs-should-be-equated-to-attempted-murder-mliswa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/selling-illegal-drugs-should-be-equated-to-attempted-murder-mliswa","title":{"rendered":"Selling Illegal Drugs Should Be Equated To Attempted Murder – Mliswa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former Norton MP, Temba Mliswa has expressed anguish over the arrest of his 20-year-old daughter, m\u2019Diwa Mliswa Chanetsa last week for possession of illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

m\u2019Diwa and her alleged accomplice, 27-year-old Tawanda Chigudu were nabbed in Avonlea, Harare, on 22 February 2024 after they were found in possession of methylenedioxymethamphetamine weighing approximately 1.30 grammes with a street value of ZWL$195 000.<\/p>\n

Posting on social media site X, Mliswa urged parents to stand strong with their children and not abandon them in anger. He wrote:<\/p>\n

One of my daughters, the 3rd born who stays with her mother, was arrested over a drug charge. I have made the tough decision to lay it out here for posterity, clarity and factuality to prevail before the issue is bastardized in the social fora.<\/p>\n

She is a brilliant kid who has done well at school but in the past has refused to abide by the roadmap I apply to my other kids.<\/p>\n

At 18 I sat her down on her plans but she refused it, even to stay with me. This isn\u2019t to blame her mother but to reveal how she is as a child.<\/p>\n

Being an advocate against drug abuse and a parent again it could be a frustrating time. However, I reiterate my position that drugs are bad and we have to fight them.<\/p>\n

If it requires arresting culprits then so be it as it may be one way to save them from themselves.<\/p>\n

The penalties for those who sell, even politicians, should even be stiffer as they endanger other people.<\/p>\n

Peddling drugs should be equated with attempted murder as the path of drug use is one highway to death. I have seen children in a mess because of drug use.<\/p>\n

I commend the ZRP for a job well done in dealing with the drug problem. For her, I hope this may be the Damascene moment from which she emerges changed and ready to be transformed.<\/p>\n

I will continue supporting her as my daughter and pray that she sees the light away from this path.<\/p>\n

If she is a victim of friends then she must find new companions. Rehabilitation may be the way to salvation after this.<\/p>\n

This is tough love I\u2019m giving as I believe massaging one when they are into drugs can be ultimately fatal in the long run.<\/p>\n

I have worked with organisations such as FASAA which rehabilitate victims and understand the need to be both loving and tough to salvage a victim.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a parent not just to my children but to many others in the community. Thus my message and position remain the same.<\/p>\n

We have to be strong against drug and substance abuse. Even as a public person I won\u2019t abuse the access I have to many people and offices to subvert the path of the law but will allow it to work and rehabilitate her to emerge a better person.<\/p>\n

I have seen children in a mess because systems were not allowed to function in their proper manner.<\/p>\n

As parents, we need to stand strong with our children neither abandoning them in anger nor suffocating them with excessive love. We have to tread the path with love and principles.<\/p>\n

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