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Zim man wins £9 500 on UK TV show
27 Sep 2013 at 18:00hrs | Views
A Zimbabwean has won £9 500 on a UK game show, called Deal or No Deal which is screened on Channel 4.
Zwelithini Mpofu (44) who lives in Luton came to the UK in 2002 seeking greener pastures. He applied and was accepted to go on the game show whose popularity has surged as recession weary Britons seek quick money.
Mpofu known as Zie on the show told host, Noel Edmunds that if he won some money he would use part of it to buy a tombstone for his late mother, back in Zimbabwe. He also said that he would also pay for school fees for his brother's three children.
Mpofu with his wide smile titilated and moved the audiences with his tale of his love of meat. He is now a duty manager at a bus company in Luton. He joined as a bus driver and rose through the ranks. He credits his late mother for the hard work ethic she inculcated in him from an early age. His experience as a young boy of rising early, tilling the fields before going to school, moved many. Some were seen wiping away tears.
In the end, Zie left with £9 500 and some meat for a laugh. His wife, a mental health nurse could not join him in Bristol where the show is filmed as she was on night duty. Watch the show #3572244 ">here
Zwelithini Mpofu (44) who lives in Luton came to the UK in 2002 seeking greener pastures. He applied and was accepted to go on the game show whose popularity has surged as recession weary Britons seek quick money.
Mpofu known as Zie on the show told host, Noel Edmunds that if he won some money he would use part of it to buy a tombstone for his late mother, back in Zimbabwe. He also said that he would also pay for school fees for his brother's three children.
Mpofu with his wide smile titilated and moved the audiences with his tale of his love of meat. He is now a duty manager at a bus company in Luton. He joined as a bus driver and rose through the ranks. He credits his late mother for the hard work ethic she inculcated in him from an early age. His experience as a young boy of rising early, tilling the fields before going to school, moved many. Some were seen wiping away tears.
In the end, Zie left with £9 500 and some meat for a laugh. His wife, a mental health nurse could not join him in Bristol where the show is filmed as she was on night duty. Watch the show #3572244 ">here
Source - NewsDzeZimabwe
