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TB Joshua exposé: How the disgraced preacher faked his miracles

The BBC unmasks, for the first time, how the late Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua faked the miracles that drew millions of people to his church. The preacher, who is accused of widespread abuse and torture spanning almost 20 years, founded his Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan) in Lagos more than three decades ago. His meteoric rise to fame was closely tied to his self-professed divine powers and his supposed ability to heal the sick.

Jan 14, 2024 Read more

E-Creator scam in Zimbabwe: How did it fool thousands of people?

E-Creator was a company in Zimbabwe that claimed to help people make money by posting fake positive reviews on e-commerce sites globally. The service it provided has been referred to as a Pyramid and Ponzi Scheme in Zimbabwe. It was exposed as a scam in July 2023, when it shut down abruptly and allegedly fled with over US$1 million of its members’ money.

Jul 07, 2023 Read more

Airport official claims Al Jazeera reporters drugged him before he “lied”

Civil Aviation Authority (CAAZ) Security Manager Cleopas Chidodo has apologised to former First Lady Grace Mugabe saying he lied in the Al Jazeera ‘Gold Mafia’ documentary that she was involved in ivory smuggling. Chidodo, featured on Gold Mafia’s episode four bizarrely said he was drugged by the Al Jazeera journalists before he allegedly accused Grace of being involved in poaching and smuggling of ivory and gold during the time of her late husband Robert Mugabe was President.

May 05, 2023 Read more

Mnangagwa, Chiwenga allies paid millions after US$120 million chrome deal

A new investigative report by The Sentry has exposed how South African tycoon Zunaid Moti paid more than US$3 million to entities and individuals liked to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga after a US$120 million chrome deal signed during the peak of the military coup that ousted late former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017.

Apr 28, 2023 Read more

WATCH: Uebert Angel’s lawyer dismisses ‘Gold Mafia’ documentary

Ambassador at Large Uebert Angel’s lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku has dismissed Al Jazeera’s “Gold Mafia” documentary claiming that everything aired by the four episode expose was done under a classified operation by Zimbabwe’s intelligence system. This follows the release of four episodes of Al Jazeera’s documentary which implicated high ranking Zanu-PF  officials as part of a clique notoriously known as “Gold Mafia” facilitating smuggling gold worth millions of dollars.

Apr 14, 2023 Read more

WATCH: Gold Mafia – Episode 4 – Have The King With You – Al Jazeera

The net is closing on one of South Africa’s most notorious money launderers. In the final episode, the Gold Mafia boss issues a threat to anyway who breaks the oath of omertà. “What do you think is going to happen?”

“They kill you, don’t they?” “Exactly,” he replies.

A member of the same gang is now in hiding and speaks to the I-Unit from a safe house. “They will come after me, that’s a given. If I stay [in South Africa], I will be dead by the time this [film] hits the first five minutes of play.”

Apr 14, 2023 Read more

Swiss gold or smuggled Zimbabwean gold? No one knows

Kamlesh Pattni and Ewan Macmillan, who run two major rival gold-smuggling gangs out of Zimbabwe, both made clear to Al Jazeera reporters that they – and others in their field – had one preferred destination for the gold their couriers carry out of the Southern African nation: Dubai. Pattni and Alistair Mathias, Macmillan’s business partner, independently advised Al Jazeera reporters to set up front companies in Dubai. Once the gold from Zimbabwe arrives in the Emirati city, they said, it is melted in refineries there and rebranded as Dubai gold. Dubai is the UAE’s gold hub.

Apr 07, 2023 Read more