Govt Happy With The Chinese Who Beat Up A Chief And Heavily Clashed With MP.
4 July 2019
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Temba Mliswa with Chief Chivero who was assaulted by the Chinese.

Government has commended work being done by Norton-based Chinese tile manufacturer, Sunny Yi Feng, which last week brewed a major storm after one of its senior managers assaulted a traditional leader in the area and clashed with independent Member of Parliament for Norton Temba Mliswa.

Chief Chivero, full name Brown Shopo, was left with a sprained arm after being beaten up by the Chinese national.

Chief Chivero accused the Chinese of abusing ordinary citizens in his and infecting women with strange sexually transmitted diseases.

Outspoken Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa immediately came out guns blazing, demanding that the Chinese national be deported.

Mliswa revealed the factory run by a company called Sun Yengifeng is due to be officially opened by President Emmerson Mnangagwa anytime from now.

“This speaks to the issue of us being treated as second class citizens in our own country. The government must deal with it immediately.

“The department of immigration must deal with it immediately. He must be deported. For as long as they make people who are foreigners more superior than us, there shall be protests, there shall be demonstrations and there shall be a message which should be sent to them foreigners),” said Mliswa.

The firm started making tiles on May 12 and is producing between 30 000 and 35 000 square metres of tiles per day, 70 percent of which are exported to several countries in the SADC region.

Yesterday, ministers of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa; Industry and Commerce Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi toured the company.

They were accompanied by Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana.

“In three months (they started manufacturing), they have started producing for export and it’s just wonderful to see products going to South Africa, to Zambia and that product is coming from Zimbabwe,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.

“That is a good response to our President’s call that ‘Zimbabwe is Open for Business’. This is the kind of investment that we need that has downstream benefits for our people. I am also happy that we have seen our young women, our young mothers being employed and I am happy that they can now look after their children and after their families.”

Sunny Yi Feng vice managing director Mr William Gung said they had invested US$50 million for the first line of production.

“In the first line of production, we produce between 30 000 and 35 000 square metres of tiles per day and we export 70 percent of that to South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

“Up to this moment including everything on this land and on the vessel (coming into the country) we have invested US$50 million,” said Mr Gung.

He added that they would also produce fertilisers from coal and other by-products from their operations.

Mr William added that the company plans to construct accommodation for its workers.

“Now we are trying to get some more land from the Government so that we can build house for the workers here at the factory,” he added.