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Top comedienne Samantha “Gonyeti” Kureya of the Bustop TV fame yesterday said the men who abducted her from her home in Mufakose, Harare and assaulted her before abandoning her in Crowborough North Phase 4, warned her against mocking the government through her comedy skits.
By Farai Mutsaka
A wave of abductions, torture and arrests in Zimbabwe are targeting opposition activists and other government critics, the latest being a popular comedian dragged from her home by armed and masked men.
Barely two years after euphoric scenes engulfed Zimbabwe following the forced resignation of former repressive ruler Robert Mugabe, frustration and fear have returned.
A Zimbabwean comedian has been found after being abducted and beaten by masked gunmen in the capital Harare, her relatives and colleagues say.
Popular comedian Samantha Kureya, popularly known as Gonyeti, was abducted from her Mufakose home by a group of unidentified, masked and armed men.
Comedienne Samantha ‘Gonyeti’ Kureya has dismissed allegations that they mocked fellow comedienne Mai Titi over her HIV status confession she made on Facebook in one of their skit with Magi titled Mvura Yakachena posted on YouTube.
Award-winning comedian Samantha “Gonyeti” Kureya – “I will spend part of the Christmas Day attending the wedding ceremony of Comic Pastor. After the wedding, I will visit my grandmother and this will be more of a family re-union. In terms of food, I am tired of eating rice hence I will go for gango and braai.”
Acie Lumumba says Kembo Mohadi will be the new Vice President. The ‘on and off’ Zanu PF activist made the bold declaration during an interview with Gonyeti on BusTop TV. This is even before newly sworn in president Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced his cabinet.
Just when you thought you have adjusted to the Zodwa Wabantu and Babes Wodumo “thigh” effect and could get back to scrolling through social media sites . . . BOOM, there it is staring, right back at you, a sidesplitting video of the Andy Muridzo track Gonyeti featuring Bustop TV’s voluptuous Gonyeti and ZiFM Breakfast host the luscious Misred clad in skimpy golf outfits!
Selmor Mtukudzi and husband Tendai Manatsa will tomorrow leave the country for the United Kingdom where they are billed to perform at the Jive Festival among other events.
From cracking our ribs with laughter to hosting events and marketing brands, it is almost a year of refreshing art from Gonyeti and this coming month will see her celebrating her first anniversary in comedy.