BULAWAYO
–
A
university
lecturer
has
told
of
his
living
nightmare
over
mysterious
fires
that
are
stalking
him
and
his
family.
Methuseli
Moyo,
a
veteran
journalist
who
is
now
a
lecturer
at
the
National
University
of
Science
and
Technology
says
he
never
believed
in
supernatural
forces
until
about
six
weeks
ago
when
fires
started
mysteriously
breaking
out
at
his
Magwegwe
West
home
in
Bulawayo.
Moyo
has
lost
most
of
his
formal
clothes,
important
documents
and
two
couches.
The
fires
have
also
left
him
with
burns
all
over
his
body.
“I
will
be
burning
but
people
around
me
can’t
see
the
flames.
I
just
shout
for
them
to
pour
water
on
me
and
only
afterwards
the
burns
tell
a
story
of
what
I
have
just
been
through,”
Moyo
said.
The
former
news
editor
of
The
Chronicle
has
decided
to
speak
out
after
he
lost
$20,000
to
another
fire
which
started
inside
his
wardrobe.
The
flames
only
targeted
the
money
and
did
no
damage
to
his
clothes
and
the
wardrobe.
He
told
The
Chronicle:
“We
had
just
collected
$20,000
from
the
sale
of
our
house
in
Rangemore
which
we
wanted
to
use
to
complete
our
new
house
in
Pumula
Nort.
Aware
of
these
strange
occurrences,
I
was
planning
to
wrap
the
money
in
plastic
and
place
it
in
a
bucket
of
water,
just
in
case
the
fire
erupted
again.”
Moyo
said
he
briefly
stepped
outside
the
house
to
talk
to
his
mechanic,
leaving
the
money
in
the
wardrobe.
Moments
later,
he
and
his
wife
saw
smoke
coming
from
their
bedroom.
They
rushed
inside
and
realised
that
it
was
coming
from
the
wardrobe.
“There
were
flames
and
the
money
had
been
reduced
to
ashes.
You
may
not
believe
it
but
despite
being
a
wooden
wardrobe,
it
did
not
catch
fire
and
the
clothes
were
also
not
burnt.
The
fire
was
only
concentrated
on
the
money
which
had
only
been
in
the
house
for
20
minutes,”
Moyo
said.
Moyo
is
at
wits’
end
after
consulting
prophets
and
traditional
healers
who
have
not
been
able
to
put
out
the
flames
for
good.
“My
life
is
a
living
hell.
Someone
is
tormenting
me
and
I
don’t
know
why,”
Moyo
said.
“The
fire
erupts
anytime.
If
there
is
someone
out
there
that
I
may
have
wronged
unintentionally
and
he
or
she
thinks
that
I’m
aware
please
I’m
appealing
to
this
person
to
come
forward
so
that
I
apologise.
“I’ve
suffered
so
much
I
can’t
take
it
anymore.
My
life
and
that
of
my
family
has
been
turned
into
a
horror
movie
and
we
can’t
bear
it
anymore.
We
have
reached
a
stage
where
we
feel
the
world
must
know
what
we’re
going
through.”
Moyo
can
be
reached
on
+263772764664