The opposition and civil society are outraged after the broadcast of the documentary Gold Mafia. A four-part investigation into the gold mafia, broadcast on Al Jazeera. A dive into the traffic of gold in Zimbabwe which is used to launder money between Dubai and Johannesburg. In this edifying documentary shot with hidden cameras, foreign traffickers mingle with figures of Zimbabwean power very close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The noise made by this documentary in Zimbabwe contrasts with the silence of the government.
With our correspondent in Johannesburg,Roman Song
In Zimbabwe, discussions only revolve around documentaries, says freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. ” Some discuss how these revelations will have consequences for the country, others debate the measures that must be taken, others wonder about the government’s silence regarding suspicions that concern not only the entourage, but the president himself. »
This investigative journalist was already familiar with the system of gold trafficking, but he admits that the Al Jazeera documentary exposes an entire system. ” I wasn’t at all surprised, but what we were perhaps missing were the corrupt protagonists incriminating themselves. »
In the last episode, we see an ambassador of the president telephone the First Lady to find out if the dirty money will be conveyed via the presidential plane. She suggests talking about it directly with the Head of State. The opposition party, the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) is calling for an international investigation.
“ We will continue to make noise and raise political pressure because money laundering is not just a domestic crime, it is an international crime that puts the financial system at risk “, asserts Fadzayi Mahere, spokesperson for the CCC.
The Zimbabwean central bank has frozen the accounts of those in question and the police are mobilized, according to The Herald, the newspaper of power. It goes without saying that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not worried.
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