Scandal

Controversial businessman Simon Rudland has called on Al Jazeera to retract and issue a public apology for citing him as one of the biggest funders of gold smuggling activities in Zimbabwe.

Gold Mafia, a four-part series by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) based on dozens of undercover operations spanning three continents, and thousands of documents, also shows how government officials and businesspeople are profiting off the illegal movement of gold across borders.

An official from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) says they will only launch investigations into the individuals featured in an Al Jazeera corruption documentary when they have watched the full four part series dubbed "Gold Mafia".

A video of a Zambian man catching his heavily pregnant wife cheating in bed with a pastor has gone viral setting off various parodies on TikTok given the fetish items that surrounded the bed and the husband's now famous "Martha Don't Move" warning.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa might have chosen to keep quiet about claims that he allegedly raped Australia based 33-year-old Zimbabwean Susan Mutami when she was only 15, but evidence against the Zanu PF leader is mounting at an alarming pace. Former classmates of Mutami who attended Loreto Mission School have confirmed that Mnangagwa, then just a cabinet minister, used to visit her and they just thought he was probably dating her mother instead.

Controversial Australia based philanthropist Susan Mutami has repeated her claims that she was sexually abused by President Emmerson Mnangagwa inside a Jeep vehicle in 2005 when she was only 15 years old.

Zanu-PF councillor Scott Sakupwanya is allegedly being sponsored by powerful political elites to buy gold on their behalf in key belts while promoting Illicit financial flows (IFFs) responsible for leakages of an estimated 3 tonnes of gold, valued at approximately US$157 million every month, around US$1,9 billion per year, Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) alleged in their latest report.

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima said "thorough investigations are being made" at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) following the suspension of the authority’s general manager Arthur Manase. Manase was sent on a forced leave after a report by Nehanda Radio exposed him as the mastermind behind the alleged looting of millions of dollars in hefty allowances and benefits from underpaid pensioners living in abject poverty.

The late Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) chief executive officer Douglas Munatsi played a crucial role in the formative stages of the controversial Pomona Waste to Energy joint venture between the Harare City Council (HCC) and Netherlands based company Geogenix B.V. The US$320 million deal which has caused public outcry with substantive Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume claiming it was done corruptly, was recommended by the city fathers who among them include three councillors from the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Ian Makone, Loice Gomba and Elvis Ruzani.

The head of Gabon's football federation (Fegafoot) is to spend at least 10 more days in prison after being questioned about the country's sexual abuse scandal.