2022---miracle-tv-without-electricity--tagesschau-falls-for-fake-inventors May 2026

The story gained traction after , the ARD Africa correspondent based in Johannesburg, visited Chikumbutso and filed a glowing report.

In September 2022, the German news platform published a sensational story about a "miracle" television that reportedly generated its own electricity. The report, which was quickly retracted, featured Zimbabwean inventor Maxwell Chikumbutso , who claimed his device could harvest energy from radio waves to power itself and even other appliances. The Core of the "Invention" The story gained traction after , the ARD

: Chikumbutso presented a standard Samsung TV that he allegedly modified with a "multi-source ambient energy converter". The story gained traction after