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Nick Mangwana: Foreigners Should Be Barred From Owning Guns In Zimbabwe

2 months agoSat, 25 Jan 2025 06:49:47 GMT
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Nick Mangwana: Foreigners Should Be Barred From Owning Guns In Zimbabwe

Ndabaningi “Nick” Mangwana, permanent secretary for the Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Ministry, has questioned why foreign nationals are granted gun licenses in Zimbabwe, calling for a policy review.

His comments followed a January 21 altercation in Lower Gweru, where a Chinese national was filmed brandishing a pistol at a local over unpaid wages.

The ZRP also confirmed that a 20-year-old man was shot and injured by another Chinese national in Filabusi.

In Gweru, Liu Haifeng of Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments claimed he felt threatened by local Kholwani Dube, whom he pointed a gun at.

In a post on X, marked as his personal view, Mangwana questioned whether Zimbabweans residing in other countries are granted the same privilege of obtaining licensed firearms as foreign nationals living in Zimbabwe. He said:

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In Zimbabwe, we don’t have a culture of brandishing guns like some wannabe gangsters. We have a culture of responsible gun ownership.

Let’s revisit the idea of foreigners owning firearms. I don’t believe Zimbabweans living in foreign countries can easily get firearms licenses there.

Commenting on the Lower Gweru incident, the Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) expressed concern over the escalating use of firearms by Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe. It said:

The CNRG is deeply disturbed by the escalating use of firearms by Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe to settle labour disputes.

Similar incidents have been reported in the past, including a case where two Chinese nationals were deported for abusing a mineworker at Makanga Mine in Bindura.

In September 2024, Cai Yulong, a Chinese national operating Stone Steel Blue Mine in Zhombe, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of a miner, injuring another, and assaulting a third person.

Cai appeared before the High Court in Gokwe, facing charges of murder, attempted murder, and assault.

He was convicted and sentenced to 30 years for murder and an additional 5 years for attempted murder. Both sentences will run concurrently.

For the assault charge, he was fined US$100 or, in default, 1 month imprisonment.

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45 Comments

Anonymous · 2 months ago
One day is one day ma chaina tichavarova hedu after 2030
Anonymous · 2 months ago
What about those with dual citizenship like Nick Mangwana are they allowed to guns also..
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✅Chimwasha · 2 months ago
we need guns in Zimbabwe to remove despots and weed out weavils
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👍 · 2 months ago
abafe ama china
toronga · 2 months ago
kick the Chineese out
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✅Chimwasha · 2 months ago
kick the Chinese out
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Anonymous · 2 months ago
It's the Chinese foreigners only who should be banned from having gun licences.
foxbat · 2 months ago
dai pasina oressure ye povo maizvi funga here zveku bana pfuti kuma foreigners vari kupfura vanhu in cold blood
Ediots · 2 months ago
he is as d.umb as the Ediots come. The same reasons locals are given gun permits still applies to them foreigners
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million · 2 months ago
i support this ****
skun · 2 months ago
they should not be banned but process of getting a licence should be vetted properly,because it's so easy to get one .Mari yako chete
Rainbow 🌈 · 2 months ago
Yes I agree with you Nick especially the Chinese they must not own a firearm.
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Freedom Fighter · 2 months ago
It is very possible that both Zimbabweans and Foreigners to have those firearms,how?To those countries with freedom and democracy they use those firearms as a simple weapon like cuter pull so if our Gvt does not look onto that matter we end up everyone using such dangerous items as simple weapons,Gvt should act in this way ;Military Police,ZRP,Black Boots and other governmental organs to work together as team using styled ways of using Dog sniffing especially where all Cross Boarder buses stopping t****ugh seaching must be done like what is done at Zambia-Zimbabwe boarder post.Dogs have no rest in and out even in the buses.
Fox · 2 months ago
Zimbabwean docility and cowardice have allowed the Chinese to entrench a culture of abuse which will be difficult to remove from Zimbabwe. Tisu chete tinogona kuvachinja.
Mazuva · 2 months ago
I take it that what Nick says is the government position. The government has focused on firearms because they are topical this week. They are not worried about workers' conditions of service ie protective clothing, salaries, leave, timeoff, rape and physical abuse and many other evils. When will they address them? These brutal people are brought in by ED and friends. They serve ED and friends and they benefit ED and his friends.
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lagana · 2 months ago
For the first tym cde Nick ndabaningi mangwana vataura zvinemusoro
theLastAntKing · 2 months ago
zvikuitwa nema China muno izvi kwavo ideath sentence. Apa Cde Secretary ndowirirana navo, asi patosiyana ndepekuti "Look East" policy igabbage, kwavari muto weJongwe kkk
kkk ok · 2 months ago
those chinese will pay bribes to keep their fireams, they know if they dont have any firearms they will be f@ckked up in Zimbabwe properly ! kkkk
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@Man to Man · 2 months ago
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Chibaba · 2 months ago
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Mp · 2 months ago
Zimbabwean citizens are not to be hunted like animals l urge Zimbabwean to kill these people one by one until they are extinct any way they are too many in their country
Mp · 2 months ago
at least Zanupf has one normal person
𝙎𝙞𝙮𝙤𝙮𝙤 · 2 months ago
Nick wataura idi apa but before of being fired, poisoned or being lost job when when reshuffle started because your bosses don't want anyone wiser than them
dok25 · 2 months ago
Whether it is a local or a foreigner, if they qualify for a firearm let them have it. Those with permits should only have the permit revoked by the courts when the cases of the people they shoot or those they shoot at prove them guilty.
Mp · 2 months ago
you are sick were in the world have you seen foreign give license for fire army Zimbabwean are not animals that foreigners come to hunt
Patz · 2 months ago
All the same there are reasons why people own firearms whether they are foreigners or locals like protection of bullion and cash in transit, home protection, livestock and crop protection etc. The Controller of firearms issue firearms when satisfied that their is need for such. Firearms are used for specific purpose as indicated on the firearm certificate and use of firearm for a purpose it was not issued is an offence like threatening a worker by the employer using a firearm for cash protection. Its not only the Chinese that abuse firearms but even locals and not all Chinese abuse firearms. The issue that Mangwana should have raised should be about severe and deterrent penalties for firearm abusers and as for foreigners ontop of severe penalties they should be deported and banned to visit Zimbabwe and to oparate any business in Zimbabwe. Because if we say foreigners should not own firearms we will be dealing a blow to genuine foreigners who have investments in Zimbabwe who need to protect their interests from criminals. Harsh penalties are the solution
pat · 2 months ago
I disagree foreigners should not be licensed to carry firearms. If the have genuine security needs they should hire security firms with armed guards to protect their cash or bullion. Recklessly giving firearms to foreigners endangers our own people especially the Chinese given their racist perception of black people. Those who have dealt with them can testify
2020fine · 2 months ago
I think they should hire security companies for their protection either business or personal and get banned to own a gun in this country
singleman · 2 months ago
iwe ,,protest yekuita seiko ,,,vose vanenge vaita saizvozvo ngavangodzoserwa kumusha kwavo kana kusungwa ,,,kuno hakusi kuChina ,,,ngavape vashandi mari dzavo,,,or else ngavauye nevashandi vavo kubva kuChina kwavo
mike · 2 months ago
kkkkk hausakanganwe Kuti Mukuru havatombode Kuti China ribve mino, iringuva yabhobho waisatomboita mafunnies akadaro
NGWENDEZA · 2 months ago
first time kutaurawo zvinekusoro
mike · 2 months ago
Aiwa protest haidiwe muchiitira hurumende, ndopainotorwa sechimwe chinhu, asi mukaitira machina aya vanoziva pekugumira, kana China embassy Inoziva how to discipline macriminals ayo
· 2 months ago
Aiwazve, hurumende ndiyo yakaisa vanhu ava, ndiyozve ine simba rekuvabvisa, so pple shld protest against the GVT
@mike · 2 months ago
chandakaona here in Zimbabwe chinhu chonzi protesting havadi kuchinzwa,still rmmbr kudhara wen we were kids our parents vaka****nga kuprotesta because of water problems,vemutemo vakazviramba,20+ years down the line..zvatova worse than during that time
one · 2 months ago
first tym Nick kutaura zvemusoro,hope hakuskuda kuvhara vanhu..
· 2 months ago
Taura hako
Tambaoga · 2 months ago
Nick for President
dottt · 2 months ago
dai achigara akadaro pamwe zvimwe zvaitomboita nani
Tambaoga · 2 months ago
Dai vari Cde Chinotimba karegedzerwa mbama kamuChaina ako
Sir African · 2 months ago
Hapana chine msoro chaataura uyu.chine msoro ndechekuti machinese anoda kurohwa chete

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