{"id":103428,"date":"2025-01-23T12:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chinese-miner-pulls-gun-on-zimbabwean-worker-demanding-unpaid-wages"},"modified":"2025-02-05T01:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:24:43","slug":"chinese-miner-pulls-gun-on-zimbabwean-worker-demanding-unpaid-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chinese-miner-pulls-gun-on-zimbabwean-worker-demanding-unpaid-wages","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Miner Pulls Gun On Zimbabwean Worker Demanding Unpaid Wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A Zimbabwean man was involved in a violent confrontation with his Chinese employers in Gweru on January 21 after he demanded his unpaid wages.<\/p>\n<p>After videos of the confrontation circulated on social media, Zimbabweans have demanded government action against Chinese investors accused of exploiting local workers.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by ZimLive incident at Bijou Farm in Gweru involved Kholwani Dube, an excavator operator for Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments, a Chinese-owned company.<\/p>\n<p>Videos show a man, believed to be Dube, shouting, \u201cI want my money! I want my money!\u201d before the situation escalates. Reports claim Dube was owed $600 in unpaid wages.<\/p>\n<p>Caston Matewu, MP for Marondera Central, condemned the incident on X and called for the arrest of the Chinese nationals involved.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) criticized Chinese miners, saying local people suffer inhumane treatment from them. ZCTU said on X:<\/p>\n<p>We are outraged by the continued unbecoming behaviour of the Chinese. No worker deserves such inhuman treatment.<\/p>\n<p>[The Police] &amp; other authorities need to reign in these brutes lest workers resort to self-help measures to defend themselves.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement, Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments claimed that Dube disregarded instructions, took an excavator without authorisation, and threatened supervisors by attempting to run them over. The statement reads:<\/p>\n<p>Liu Haifeng fired a warning shot into the air, taking into account firearm safety procedures and without harming anyone.<\/p>\n<p>During a physical altercation, Dube stabbed and seriously injured Liu Haifeng, who was later hospitalised.<\/p>\n<p>The company added that Dube was restrained by other employees and handed over to the police without injury.<\/p>\n<p>However, the video showed at least three Chinese nationals huddled over Dube, with one kneeling on his back and pointing a gun at his head. The others were applying restraints on Dube.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a large amount of blood on the soil nearby, although it was not clear from the video who was bleeding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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