Thursday, May 9, 2013

We Need More News From Zimbabwe

Top story from the January 27 edition of NewsdzeZimbabwe, a UK website providing home news for ex-pat Zimbabwe...Zimbabweens...Zimbabweans?

A traditional healer and survivor of the  Chitungwiza blast claims the tragedy occurred during a cleansing ceremony in which an imported goblin was beheaded.


The survivor, Ms Clara Banda, who escaped with visible minor burns and eye injury, says the blast occurred soon after her counterpart, 24-year-old Speakmore Mandere, popularly known as Sekuru Shumba, beheaded the goblin.

She claims to have miraculously escaped after failing to land the major role of conducting the ceremony. In a state of shock, she ran to her nearby home soon after the blast.


According to Ms Banda, transport operator Mr Clever Kamuyedza approached Mandere seeking help to dispose of the troubling goblin. He was to pay $15 000 for the ritual.

To date, I had thought imported goblins superior to the domestic models, but now I'm really starting to wonder.

5 comments:

  1. ^^^^that be Spam.

    Oh, and I guess those Zimbabwean goblins are not like the civilized hobgoblins such as "Puck" in English folklore, Irish Leprechauns, or the "Brownies" of Scotland.

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