Zimbabweans Mock Cameroonians for Paying US$1,5K Each for ‘Useless’ Zim Passports

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Zimbabweans Mock Cameroonians for Paying US$1,500 Each for ‘Useless’ Zim Passports

Four Cameroonians have become the target of online ridicule after their arrest at Beitbridge last Friday, following an attempt to use newly purchased Zimbabwean passports.

The men allegedly paid US$1,500 each in bribes to obtain the passports in Harare, intending to use them to enter the UK via South Africa.

How Four Cameroonians Were Arrested for Using Fake Zimbabwean Passports
They almost succeeded in their scheme, as their passports were stamped until one of them struggled to answer a question in Shona, raising suspicions.

The four suspects, Marvel Ngei (with a passport under the name Marvel Chimbwanda), Emile Muyamuya (Emile Chingwaru), Christiana Boyombe (Christiana Mhereyenyoka), and Tveete Kum (Tveete Mazana), were scheduled to appear in the Beitbridge Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.

Zimbos Mock Cameroonians
Once the news broke about the $6,000 spent on these passports, Zimbabweans quickly took to social media to mock the Cameroonians. Many questioned why anyone would pay so much for a Zimbabwean passport, while others debated the use of Shona as a test of “Zimbabweanness.” Some weren’t surprised by the ease of obtaining the passports but raised concerns about the potential damage this could cause to the reputation of Zimbabwean passports. Here are some reactions:

@mandlabafo:

Shona personnel tried that nonsense on me that lm not Zimbabwean because l don’t understand Shona. Why should a person understand Shona in Matland?

@Hadebeworldwide:

The Registrar General can trace who authorised those passport applications in the system…

@KhaboVentere:

Yooo how can you pay $1,500 for Zim passport that make immigration officers all over the world look at you like a suspect

@IshumaelSiband1:

In Zim, anything can happen. Everything is done in corners

@mzilankatha277:

Stupid folks at Home Affairs who only think abt themselves.

They are messing up the situation for all Zimbos, soon the Zimbabwean passport will be too problematic to travel around the world with.

Why would a Cameroonian jump Angola, Gabon, Eq Guinea, DRC, Zambia n chose Zim?

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