HARARE – Maxwell Chikumbutso, a Zimbabwean inventor, has been accused of deceiving President Emmerson Mnangagwa by showcasing faux innovations, together with a self-powering electrical automobile and a hypersonic vitality machine.
Chikumbutso claimed that the Saith FEV, an electrical automobile, is powered by radio waves and requires no gasoline, recharging, or exterior enter.
Observers have, nevertheless, raised skepticism about Chikumbutso’s claims, conducting a reverse picture search that exposed the automobile to be a Kaiyi mannequin manufactured in Japan.
It is additional alleged that Chikumbutso bought a Browey moveable energy station and introduced it to Mnangagwa as his personal invention, falsely claiming it to be a “hypersonic energy device” that harnesses radio frequencies and converts them into electrical energy.
Hopewell Chin’ono, a outstanding investigative journalist, said that the Browey machine, obtainable for buy on Amazon for US$109, is definitely a transportable energy station with a built-in photo voltaic panel for environment friendly vitality conversion.
“On the left is the bogus inventor lying to Mnangagwa, claiming that he invented this device in 2009 and calling it a “hypersonic energy device that harnesses radio frequencies and converts them into electricity.”
“I simply did a reverse picture search of the machine—it’s the identical one being bought for US$109 on Amazon!
“It was really invented by an organization referred to as Browey, which unveiled it on August 9, 2023. It is only a moveable energy station with a built-in photo voltaic panel for environment friendly vitality conversion, making it appropriate for out of doors actions and emergency preparedness.
“What shocks me is that Zimbabwe has a state safety service that needs to be stopping the president from being uncovered to such embarrassing moments. The world isn’t just laughing at Mnangagwa, it’s laughing at our nation.
“A complete state media empire reported on this, even mendacity to viewers that it meant the tip of gasoline issues.
“This is what happens when a president hires his unqualified relatives and friends. Mnangagwa has now surpassed Mobutu in kleptocracy!”
Meanwhile the X accounts belonging to Nick Mangwana, President Mnangagwa, and the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting have now all deleted posts about Chikumbutso’s alleged groundbreaking expertise.
Chikumbutso isn’t new to controversy. He was arrested in 2018 on six counts of armed theft alongside 5 accomplices.
During his bail listening to following his arrest, he vehemently denied the fees, arguing that he was a profitable entrepreneur pioneering cutting-edge expertise.
On that event, the state opposed bail saying among the many firearms that have been recovered by the police following a theft at a service station in Waterfalls, one belonged to Chikumbutso.
“He further argued that he is operating a successful company pioneering new technology and inventions and is famous for the good work he is involved in and that he has substantial assets in Zimbabwe, including immovable properties, yet not a single deed of transfer was produced or referred to as proof,” Justice Roger Manyangadze Foroma stated in his ruling on the time.
The controversial inventor’s alleged accomplices on the time of the alleged crime have been Harmony Nyati, Polite Madamombe (each deceased), Austin Ncube, Wisdom Tariro and Godfrey Josi.
