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If ZANU-PF regime cracked down on gold smugglers as they do small businesses, Zimbabwe would prosper

This morning, while in town, I had a fascinating encounter with a lady entrepreneur who owns a small clothing business. After recognizing me as the author of articles she regularly reads, she shared her grievances about the ongoing governm…

Published: 09 Jan 2025 at 08:33hrs | 479 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Gold Mafia saga: Al Jazeera property attached

The High Court of Zimbabwe has ordered the Sheriff to attach all properties owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network in the country as security for costs, following a lawsuit filed by Mehluli Dube, a source in Al Jazeera's controversial docum…

Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:03hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter

As long as ZACC isn't catching the 'big fish' then its work is useless!

The ZACC (Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission) has, of late, been bragging over its supposed 'successes'.ZACC commissioner Ndakaripa Hungwe recently told a national anti-corruption indaba in Harare: Over the years, fraud and criminal abuse…

Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 15:02hrs | 676 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Gold Mafia exposes Mnangagwa's US$240m election war chest

SELF-STYLED prophet and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large Uebert Madzanire, aka Uebert Angel, has claimed that Mnangagwa will spend US$240 million for his re-election bid.Appearing in the third episode of the four-part Al …

Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa main beneficiary of 'Gold Mafia' deals

INVESTIGATIVE journalists who worked on Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary say whistleblowers and an accountant for one of Africa's most notorious gold dealers confirmed that criminals were making regular p…

Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Gold mafia paid Mnangagwa

Investigative journalists who worked on Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary say whistleblowers and an accountant for one of Africa's most notorious gold dealers confirmed criminals were making regular paymen…

Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 13:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary

APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools but due to its sad northern hemispheri…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Moyo

RBZ scraps asset freeze on Gold Mafia-accused

THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has lifted the assets freeze orders placed against Ambassador Uebert Angel and three others implicated in alleged money laundering by Al Jazeera documentary series.The FIU is part of the Reserve Bank o…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:13hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Mliswa takes Mnangagwa head-on

NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to respond to Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia investigative documentary which has alleged involvement of the First Family and other senior government official…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

RBZ reverses Gold Mafia accounts freeze

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) yesterday made a summersault by reversing its order for banks to freeze accounts of several government officials and individuals who were implicated in gold smuggling g…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Govt must demand answers from Gold Mafia kingpins

DEAR President Mnangagwa,So the news out there is that your government has written to Al Jazeera demanding evidence. At least that breaks the silence, but the demand is a bit suspicious. My view is that government should have demanded evid…

Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:24hrs | 15 | by Kennedy Kaitano

CIO bosses dismiss Uebert Angel claims on their role in Gold Mafia

STATE security service Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) bosses say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel (real surname Mudzanire), a selfstyled prophet, dangerously misled the public when he claim…

Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Judas Iscariot and the Gold Mafia

When we look at the character of Judas in the Bible we notice that one has to belong to a certain group of people in power or has to form his own group that will fight his own brothers and sisters in support of the enemy. History is d…

Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Erick Matotoba

WATCH: 'How I was offered US$50 000 to expose Uebert Angel'

South African based leader of Imperial City Church Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi says he was offered US$50 000 by unnamed people requesting him to give false information pertaining to Prophet Uebert Angel of Spirit Embassy The Good News church…

Published: 21 Apr 2023 at 20:25hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Gold Mafia: RBZ under sharp scrutiny

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has come under renewed pressure to deal with allegations of gold smuggling and money laundering after a leading think-tank said the central bank's operations should be audited following a damning exposÃ© …

Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans in the UK hold 'Gold Mafia' protests

DOZENS of Zimbabweans based in the United Kingdom (UK) yesterday protested at the Zimbabwe and United Arab Emirates embassies in London demanding the arrest of all those implicated in a recent gold smuggling and money laundering documentar…

Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Uebert Angel should never take Zimbabweans for fools!

So, according to the motor-mouthed self-proclaimed 'prophet' Uebert Angel - his willingness to assist launder U$100 million, on behalf of undercover investigative journalists, was all part of a 'classified intelligence operation'?He was ju…

Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 18:48hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Is Zimbabwe a nation of liars and thieves?

When I was attentively watching the last episode of the Al Jazeera 'Gold Mafia' exposÃ© yesterday - there were expectedly some more troubling revelations made pertaining to the acts of corruption rooted in the country's highest echelons of…

Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 18:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

GOLD MAFIA | Episode 4 â€“ Have The King With You

Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit infiltrates the rival gangs that control Africa's gold. Undercover reporters witness how criminal networks turn dirty cash into gold, which is sold around the world. The investigation leads to the highest of…

Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 20:26hrs | 7 | by Al Jazeera'

Rushwaya spared govt gold crackdown

WHILE the Zimbabwean government says it has taken measures to freeze accounts of the gold mafia and investigate the gold smuggling, money laundering and corruption, one of the kingpins, Henrietta Rushwaya has so far been spared.Rushwaya, w…

Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 14:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

ZAPU forces Eubert Angel's Church to close

Zapu sent shocking waves down the spine of Mr Eubert Angel the so-called plenipotentiary ambassador for ZIMBABWE in the Americas and Europe. Since the first episode of Al Jezeera called the Gold Mafia, ZAPU has taken the lead to fight the …

Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 07:28hrs | 5 | by Thulani Nkala

Zimbabwe parliament spotlights Uebert Angel's diplomatic mischief

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Charlton Hwende Wednesday cheekily quizzed Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa if it was government policy for Zimbabwe's top diplomat Uebert Angel to demand facilitation fees from investors wishin…

Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Gold Mafia exposes Mnangagwa's US$240m election war chest

SELF-STYLED prophet and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large Uebert Madzanire, aka Uebert Angel, has claimed that Mnangagwa will spend US$240 million for his re-election bid.Appearing in the third episode of the four-part Al …

Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Uebert Angel, Rudland accounts frozen

INDIVIDUALS implicated in the gold Mafia scandal including prophet Uebert Angel have had their assets frozen by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit with arrests imminent.The directive to freeze accounts and arrests c…

Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

What does Zim govt now want to 'investigate' when they've already dismissed Al Jazeera exposÃ© as lies?

If the Zimbabwe regime were a soccer player, he would be the highest goal scorer!Although, not known for his prolific scoring against opponents - but, into his own net (own goals)!That is what the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa administration…

Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 12:34hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe govt acts on 'Gold Mafia'

Government says it is seized with issues of alleged money laundering, acts of fraud and corruption by Zimbabweans being serialised by an international broadcasting channel and anyone found guilty will face the full wrath of the law.A state…

Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 18:47hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter

Latest on Mnangagwa firing Ambassador Uebert Angel

Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed rumours that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Presidential Envoy and Ambassador At Large Uebert Angel. The rumours were spread by Mnangagwa's biographer Eddie Cross. CLARIFYING …

Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 14:17hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Al Jazeera Gold Mafia exposed Mnangagwa as corrupt dunderhead. Charamba threats will not put gene back

The Al Jazeera Zimbabwe's Gold Mafia documentary uncovered the details of gold smuggling and money laundering that has left all those involved stack naked with nowhere to hide. Zanu PF has hit the panic button!The initial reaction by the Z…

Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 10:30hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large, Uebert Madzanire, alias Uebert Angel has told his followers to attack individuals who accuse him of gold smuggling and money laundering, following an exposÃ© by Qatar-based international …

Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:49hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is my fervent conviction that the Al Jazeera four-part documentary, whose first edition Gold Mafia: The Laundry Service was premiered last week, has far-reaching consequences on you…

Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Al Jazeera must be onto something big

THE first of a four-part documentary by international news channel Al Jazeera titled Gold Mafia: The Laundry Service has kicked up so much dust that it is now quite possible for many people to completely lose track of what the largely medi…

Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Al Jazeera documentary on Zimbabwe's gold mafia won't change anything

THE whole hullabaloo about illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash.The countryâ€˜s detractors coalesced around George Soros and his Open Society Institute of Southern Africa are clearly miffed and terribly disappointed that Zimbabw…

Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | 5 | by Chris Mutsvangwa

'Zanu PF's gold Mafia is punishing those who voted for it too.' Where is solace in sniggered at ghost voters!

The Al Jazeera "Gold Mafia: Laundry Service" of the looting of Zimbabwe's gold has forced many Zimbabweans to sit up and pay attention. In my WhatsApp group there is a photo of a couple sniggering with the caption "One thing I like about Z…

Published: 27 Mar 2023 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori

The whole gold hullabaloo about Zimbabwe illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash

The whole gold hullabaloo about illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash. The countryâ€˜s detractors coalesced around George Soros and his Open Society Institute of Southern Africa are clearly miffed and terribly disappointed that Z…

Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:33hrs | 6 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa

What's there to say about 'Gold Mafia' if Zimbabweans can't stand up for themselves?

As I was walking in the Kwekwe CBD, this past Friday, I came across a loyal reader of my articles, whom I know very well. He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposing corruption, money laundering and gold smuggling involving…

Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:06hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

'Chamisa's supporters tired of Bible verses'

Nelson Chamisa, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC),'s 'God Is In It' slogan has infuriated some of his followers who have insisted that he do more than just rely on Jehovah's intervention in the Zimba…

Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'Gold Mafia is bigger than Zanu PF' said Al Jazeera. The tail is wagging the dog - out of spite!

"Gold Mafia Episode 1: Laundry Service" will be aired on Al Jazeera TV tonight Thursday 23 March 2023, an advance version was already circulating on the social media. There are six take home points from Episode 1:1) The gold smuggling was …

Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 03:14hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori

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