Zim national apologizes for threats to women at Sandton restaurant

Zimbabwean national Lawrence Mudzinganyama has issued a statement in which he i ssue s a public apology to the women he threatened to murder at a Sandton restaurant in Gauteng .

The women had r ejected his romantic advances.

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has condemned the incident.

A video of the incident has been circulating on social media.

Cachalia said police wer e following up on th e case.

Here’s a man threatening to shoot women just coz they didn’t want him.

Thinks he’ll get away with it coz he knows the owner of @UkkoRestaurant and coz he lives in Steyn City.

Men like these can longer be allowed to live freely amongst us.

Please make him trend and let’s find him pic.twitter.com/ZN8AhH2eNs — Tumisho Masha (@TumishoMasha) September 19, 2026 Cachalia was speaking at the Inter-Ministerial Committe e on Gender Based Violence and Femicide in Tshwane .

Mudzinganyama vowed to co-operate with law enforcement in the investigation into his conduct.

He added that he would be seeking professional guidance and w ould undertake an appropriate conflict-management programme .

Cachalia says police are working on that case.

“It has been reported to me by the police more or less what happened.

There’s a Zimbabwean gentleman apparently of some wealth in a Sandton restaurant who openly and visibly uttered threats.