Zimbabwe Government Duped By Radio Wave Energy 'invention'

The farce has led to mockery worldwide of Zimbabwe's government for falling for what appear to be absurd claims.

Zimbabwean officials claimed the "groundbreaking" invention uses radio waves to power generators, motorbikes and electric cars using a "microsonic" energy device that converts radio frequencies into "pure energy".

Zimbabwe's official presidential communications account on social media platform X, DeptCommsZW , last week posted a statement - and a video - saying that Mnangagwa met with the inventor, Maxwell Chikumbutso, at State House to discuss this and other inventions.

"President Mnangagwa praised Chikumbutso as a brilliant inventor whose invention has never been seen before anywhere in the world, making it a first of its kind," said the government post. "The president said such talent needs to be cultivated and nurtured for the benefit of the nation. He further described it as a perfect actualisation on the mantra, ' Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo' 'A country is built by its own people'," said the post.

"So a whole president was conned by a form 2 grade 9 and his state security was so useless such that it allowed this to happen? I am just disappointed by the dunces who were defending this conman - it shows how terrible our education system is!" Chin'ono said in a post on X.