Posted on 04/26/2008 10:16:00 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER
More than 100 Zimbabweans have been arrested for taking part in an illegal protest at the Chinese embassy.
Inspector Malose Mashiane said the protesters - who expressed anger over China's sale of arms to Zimbabwe - broke the Public Gatherings Act, which stipulated that a march had to be authorised.
Of the 129 Zimbabweans arrested, only 18 had permits to be in the country legally.
The other 111 will appear in the Hatfield community court next week Tuesday, as a decision will be taken whether they will be deported.
The protesters arrived in two buses at about 11am yesterday to show their disgust over the arms shipment on board the An Yue Jiang, which was destined for Zimbabwe.
They held up placards reading: "First Tibet, now Zimbabwe", and "Zimbabwe needs peace, not guns".
The protesters chanted in Shona: "Mugabe, we are going to hang you like the Iraqis hung Saddam Hussein."
John Chiwkari, secretary-general of the Revolutionary Youth Movement of Zimbabwe, said Zimbabwe needed ballots, not Chinese weapons.
"The reason for coming here today is to instil a sense of responsibility in the Chinese for their actions.
"We are protesting against the Chinese government, which is trying to injure our citizens.
"The Chinese are selling Mugabe weapons so that he can kill more Zimbabweans.
"On March 29 we voted for Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change.
"We are calling on the world to assist to instal Tsvangirai as our new president," Chiwkari said.
Protester Tavadzwa Gumimdoga said he and his fellow Zimbabweans were shocked by President Thabo Mbeki's statements that there was no crisis in their country.
"People are dying in Zimbabwe.
"Many of us here are ex-soldiers. We are prepared to fight.
"If you can't remove someone with a ballot, you remove him with a bullet," he said.
Way to go China. It comes full circle. The Chinese do not care how they make a buck and we sometimes turn a blind eye to the pathways they use to do it.
Of the 129 Zimbabweans arrested, only 18 had permits to be in the country legally.
??? How does a black man from Africa enter China illegally?
And ... why?
This happened in South Africa, a neighbor of Zimbabwe.
I need some coffee. Thanks for the catch.
awesome.
/why would you tape that?
This has nothing to do with the Chinese. Mugabe is the DIRECT result of Carter/Young/Kissinger/Thatcher/Carrington’s “diplomacy”. They are directly responsible for the ethnic cleansing of 220 000 whites and the murder of +30000 people by Mugabe. They knew beforehand who Mugabe was because Ian Smith’s security forces gave them the ledgers with all the Intel they ever had to have. That’s why they knew Mugabe would ethnically cleanse the whites and murder many people, but they wanted him in anyway because it suited their selfish interests and pandered their liberal pinko insecurities. These people are responsible for murder by proxy (=Mugabe).
Ha! Every time I see “Zim” in a headline that’s what I think of too (see my tag line).
isten...I am with you on what you said. I am not implying that China created this animal thug I am simply saying that China loves to benefit from people lik ehim.
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