Prosper Ngomashi hits out at ‘bond-cops’
By Showbiz Writer
Prosper Ngomashi could easily be the biggest find for local comedy in the last one year.
And at the rate at which policies are passed and political, social and economic events occur, there appears to be fertile grounds for him to even go far.
The manner in which he drags his audience’s wits along a lengthy rope of ambiguity is pure art.
They still enjoy it and that is a plus for him.
Ngomashi has just released a new skit on bond notes and it’s another masterpiece.
In the skit he jabs at the bond notes initiative and rightly pulls along the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for their officers’ poor modus operandi and shallow understanding of issues.
The setting is a police charge office where he has been arrested for possessing reels of bond paper.
Apparently the police officers have arrested him thinking bond paper and bond notes are the same.
With this skit he pulls his great artistry exhibiting deftness in current affairs.
The comic told Showbiz Tuesday that his skits were inspired by what people think.
“All skits are inspired by what people think. You know all Zimbabweans have got that mindset that if they are called bond notes they are coming from bond paper and also it’s also the way we present it. We have heard of counterfeits being printed already so definitely that means the ZRP is out looking for guys who are printing the counterfeits,” said Ngomashi.
“This guy (in the skit) is arrested which is a sign that also the ZRP is not so sure whether the paper that is going to be printing this money is called the bond paper or it’s the original paper.”
He said the skit also sought to highlight the ill-treatment of offenders and suspects by the police.
“You also have to understand the treatment by ZRP, most people when they get arrested it’s all that harsh word: ‘Hey you what what…” so that is all that inspired this skit,” he said.
Ngomashi also weighed in on the talk about media being ‘bribed’ by adverts not to criticise bond notes and said critiquing a government policy like the one on the bond notes was futile as there was no negative publicity.
“In doing comedy that is how people get to understand what bond notes are. Whichever way people might take it, whether you do it negatively or you do it positively people get awareness of bond notes regardless what you think,” he said.
