Health Minister VP Chiwenga fails to explain photosynthesis: Video. The former army boss claimed that humans breathe carbon while they get oxide from trees. While some say Chiwenga’s blunder is to be put on President Emmerson Mnangagwa who appointed him even when he did not deserve the posts, we believe the ‘fault’ was a mere slip of the tongue.
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as the Minister of Health and Child Care has made another blunder by failing to explain the photosynthesis process.
A Health Minister who also happens to be a PhD holder should know that through photosynthesis, leaves pull in carbon dioxide and water and use the energy of the sun to convert this into chemical compounds such as sugars that feed the tree.
As a by-product of that chemical reaction, oxygen is produced and released by the tree. Humans and other living organisms then take in that oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide which is again absorbed by trees.
Watch the video below
