So much for chickens!!

A Harare woman Alice Gumbe has been arrested for feeding her chickens with the life prolonging drug commonly known as ARVs.

In a stunning confession, the woman said she would grind the popurlar pills and dissolve it in water which the chickens will drink on.

The chickens are extra- ordinarily big with some reportedly weighing almost 10Kgs (22 lbs).

The woman was arrested after the police was tipped off by anonymus member of the public.

Meanwhile, the police have urged members of the public not to buy meat from unscrupulous business people!!!

Bulawayo man is Mr Ugly 2011

A BULAWAYO man upstaged nine others to win the Mr Ugly title at a weekend pageant.

Thirty-year-old Austin Mbewe won R1,200 and a blanket at the contest held last Saturday in the border town of Beitbridge.
"I feel honoured by this victory," Mbewe told the Herald newspaper after winning the title.

"I have been a subject of ridicule from society since childhood and the world has seen that there is a beautiful side to my ugliness."

The Herald said Mbewe was “undoubtedly the deserving winner”.

Organiser Lovemore Chonzi said: "Basically, the competition is meant for people to have fun and celebrate who they are, just like any other contest in the world."

The competition, which is in its third year, has the blessing of the National Arts Council and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority.

Fifteen men had been originally scheduled to participate, but six “developed cold feet at the eleventh hour”, Chonzi said.

The winner was chosen by a panel of female judges.

Two runners-up -- Kudakwashe Chiramba, 45, of Beitbridge and Chitova Chezhira, 39, of Masvingo -- won 600 rand and 500 rand respectively, and a blanket each.

A similar competition is being planned for the capital Harare on Monday.

'Magic penis' prophet arrested

Disclaimer: I am not sure of the exact source of this story but trust me, strange things happen in Zimbabwe all the time!


A Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb prophet claims that he gets healing powers from his penis. The Prophet, Blessed Mvura's magic stick healing prowess has been going for the past few years and claims to have healed hundreds of desperate women of different illnesses.

Mvura's powers were temporarily brought to a grinding halt recently after a woman whom he had administered an ointment through sex started developing pimples on her private parts. Her husband accused her of promiscuity but the woman divulged the source of her illness and pointed the finger at the Prophet.

Questioned by the woman's husband, the prophet maintained his innocence and told the man that he had prior to the healing procedures told the woman about his unorthodox method and she consented. After escaping unscathed, Mvura went on with his errands. For the past few months, Mvura has taken his act to the border town of Beitbridge where hordes of women were also HEALED.

He returned to Bulawayo on Monday last week and found police officers waiting for him in connection with a rape case. he was subsequently arrested. Mvura appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Richard Ramaboea. The self professed penis prophet shocked the gallery after claiming that he wanted to heal the woman. Mvura went on to claim that he only heals women.

"I only use my organ when treating people. I rub it with a specific medicine for that particular disease and insert my penis into the woman's privates," he said.