Al Jazeera 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…
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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,…
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By Tinomudaishe Chinyoka State newspapers did not even report on the issue until after a statement by the Ministry of Information that the documentary had come to the attention of government. By then, we had imbibed two episodes. After…
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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…
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The Government of Zimbabwe has been slammed for 'conveniently' leaving out the 'bigwigs' like Ewan Macmillan, Simon Rudland, Kamlesh Pattni, Uebert Angel and Henrietta Rushwaya exposed in the "gold mafia" documentary by Al Jazeera while…
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The second episode of Al Jazeera’s four-part investigative documentary has laid bare the porous Robert Mugabe International Airport and how security is intentionally compromised to facilitate the smuggling of valuable minerals and cash.…
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Opposition parties in Zimbabwe are demanding a forensic investigation into the findings of the 'gold mafia' exposé by Al Jazeera. This follows an Al Jazeera documentary which implicated high ranking Zanu PF officials as part of a clique…
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They operate from the shadows. Al Jazeera’s latest investigation, The Gold Mafia, brings their crimes out into the open. Last week, Part 1 of ‘Who are the Gold Mafia?‘ dove into the lives of some of Southern Africa’s biggest money…
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Zimbabwe’s government is using smuggling gangs to sell gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, skirting some of the consequences of tough Western sanctions imposed on the country over human rights abuses, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit…
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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.
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