By A Correspondent| Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Nick Mangwana has been criticised over a tweet in which he highlighted the harmful effects of cockroaches.

Mangwana’s post on the microblogging site Twitter has been considered ill-advised, following President Mnangagwa’s utterances during the national clean up campaign on Friday where he warned that citizens will be arrested if the pests were found in their dwellings.

Mangwana’s post reads:

Cockroaches are pests that have been implicated in the transmission of many diseases. They prefer the night when they come out looking for food. They contaminate utensils & food because they carry a staggering amount of germs which cause diseases such as Typhoid, Dysentery & polio.

Zenzele: Nick do you remember that in 1983 at a rally in Victoria Falls Mnangagwa said “We had a problem of cockroaches and we decided to bring in DDT” ( referring to the 5th brigade? #Asakhe

Fadzayi Mahere: This is a repulsive new low even by your standards, @nickmangwana. Please don’t take Zimbabwe further down the gutter. Understand that you’re the spokesperson for Govt. There are certain things you simply cannot say given our context and history. This is most regrettable.

Dr Gatsheni Zebalon Ndlovu: Defending your Gukurandi boss, who referred to Matebeles as cockroaches who needed DDT to eliminate them. Didn’t say it, Nick!

Mems_Mthoe_: Corruption is the cockroach that has been implicated in poverty. It prefers lucrative deals were it comes looking for bribes. It has contaminated the financial sector and caused joblessness and it drains a staggering amount of money from state coffers…

allcoolnamesaretaken: Zanu pf is the biggest cockroach we have in Zimbabwe. It must go tanetaa isu tavhizuka isu.