Gold Mafia | Al Jazeera documentary on alleged gold trading in Zimbabwe
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- Part one of a documentary by Al Jazeera called Gold Mafia that focuses on Zimbabwe has shocked many. The news network has suggested there are more revelations to come. The documentary shows the Zimbabwean government is using gold smugglers to evade western sanctions. The gold mafia is licenced to buy gold from small producers that would otherwise have been smuggled out of the country. The mafia then exports the gold to Dubai.
All the while money laundering is going on.The dirty money of criminals comes back to Zimbabwe as legitimate revenue from gold. Back in Dubai money from the gold sales is transferred into bank accounts and seems to be legitimate. There is also evidence showing that suggests the rhenium president is condoning his own officials facilitating laundering, land that people are charged to see the president.
GUESTS | Hopewell Chin'ono, Zimbabwe, investigative journalist. Thompson Chengeta, associate professor of international human rights law. UK Thembisa Fakude, Africa Asia Dialogues Director Joburg.
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Our African leadership never fails to disappoint.
Hopewell Chin'ono deserves a Nobel Peace prize. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
exactly mum he deserves Nobel true
those are not journalists they are Americans and westerners spys working under cover as journalists for al-jazira media corrupt. acting as if they journalists stupid people
for them it's supposed to be a white businessman to transact that Gold 🥇 so then it can look proper and legally sales
let's us be careful and wise to this media corrupt as Africains
@@komatisompila520 v I
Zimbabweans lets speak up .....we are suffering a lot
How can you speak up were else you run away meaning your voice is invalid 😢😢
The problem in Zimbabwe if you speak up they kill us they don’t have mercy
@@mgababamqedlana9175 there are many ways to speak up. Supporting those who are on the ground with moral and financial support is still speaking out. Even on social media its ok.
You must speak up there in Zim
It's easy theoretical not practical we are scared there is nothing we can do
This issue is giving me a headache. It is not Zim only, this is happening across our continent. My heart is bleeding
True bro I was working for Kumba Kurumani we retrenched 2022 they tell us the Market is low due economy but remember Kumba is the biggest Iron Mine in the World bro , But now it's Sold to China and not China as Country but it's sold to an individual person.
@@rangariraimabwe6578 😢😢
You took the words out of my mouth💯. Why Africa, why😤
@@rangariraimabwe6578 where is kumba kurani?
@@owrbright3173 Kurumani in Northern Cape
Not only in Zimbabwe but also here in SA and most African countries.
This really heartbreaking, when we try protest they kill us like flies. When we try to vote them out they rig the elections. It's really hard to be Zimbabwean 😢😢💔💔
I feel you brother, #Ouch
Painful .hopefully this time Zimbabwean will until n vote them out
its not hard im a milionaire
That is very true 👍❤️
What's hard is being a South African. Half of South Africans are not working due with Zimbabweans being here in our country. Your brothers and sisters are killing us daily even destroying my country. Our hospitals are full of Zimbabweans instead of South Africans. We can't have peace in our country due to you ppl. 80% of Zimbabwe is here in South Africa and South Africans are expected to be ok with that. See it hard being a South African.
Hopewell is nothing short of a Hero.True Freedom Fighter!!
I have much respect to that brother,,wt a hero👏
Chiba a daddy Hope
Don't ruin his image. Outdated "Freedom Fighter politicians" is a curse running through near all Sub-Saharan countries. Africa needs honest, capable leaders, not "freedom fighter politicians", who sell the idea of "the evil white man" to still justify their existence (so they can steal from the poor).
What a bombshell investigation - Excellent, Excellent work done by Al Jazeera investigations unit.
u are a useless youth who doesn't understand meaning of those journalists
they are Americans spys doing the job as under cover journalists but they are not on yr interest but they are there for in interest of Americans and western countries
since the countrie like Zimbabwe was impose for sanctions till now they wanna how the country is trying to manage and survive with his population
be wise we can't be bulled of this corrupt media manipulate for this spys
u have the right to sales what belongs to you ok!
I can’t wait for the rest of the parts of the documentary…those investigative journalists should be protected. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Village ppl must be shown this film all over Zimbabwe to knowing the truth about what is happening. We Zimbabweans ar suffering and bothering our neighbors South Africa because of corruption in Zimbabwe and health sector which can run smoothly if those gold mafias put in jail..
The problem people in village even you show them the video even you can translate in there language the meaning issue they still voting that ruling Party ZanuPf and corruption still it will not exists....
lack of education is hurting our nation
Also these sanctions should be removed they are the main reason for this whole mess. The USA is the creator of all of this mess
They won’t understand it.
Or they’ll say “YOH!” for 3 min then come elections they’ll take the Tshirt and a mielie meal and 💥 amnesia on corruption.
Africa has a lesson to learn from this documentary and we need to act now. Our political leaders are our biggest enermy.
EXACTLY
Its true. They make other countries and themselves rich while sucking their own countries dry 💔
That was the purpose of that documentary. To make you hate your leaders
This won't get anywhere. The international community is benefitting from this corruption in Africa and so it won't get anywhere. It's not a Zimbabwe problem, it's Africa problem
The Western countries should colonies Africa, and then only then we will have checks and balances, freedom of speech, democracy, rules of law, proper health-care, child-care, education and housing.
someone should just call JOHN WHICK to deal with everyone involved in this
Can't wait to see the remaining episodes.
What does Cecil John Rhodes have to do with this situation involving a pastor and government officials
@@marlonmanomano9578 everything he brought greed and corruption into Africa... Yes colonialism is the root of Africans troubles
The worst is he said, the president will be there for life 😢....
His words are still ringing in my ears. He was sure😢
That's a very bad statement. President for life. Why?
Imagine
Imagine prophet of smuggling hameno vanoenda kuchechi ikoko????
To me this is no surprise.
Historical events is very accurate predictor of future events.
Who ever starts a secure investigative journalism media group in South Africa would have content for centuries with all our corruption
They just wanna post tweets as news and call it journalism 😭💔
@@stuckinmyroom1210 exactly getting fat on their office chairs instead of doing their jobs properly
Starting with colonisation it's criminal corruption
True, there is corruption on a grand scale in Eskom, BOSASA, Transnet and other parastatals. The mafia assassinates any CEO who doesn't tow the line.
Unfortunately corruption in SA involves those who control the economy and therefore the media. So we will never have something like that. Focusing on government corruption with service delivery issues is just a diversion from the real evil that is happening in this country.
Hospitals without medication,imagine!!
@@jameskillu9171 in SA hospital has medication at least
@@judyatoro9387 James is a lost soul trying to protect a corrupt Zim government.
The professor blew two chances to answer questions succinctly. He needs media coaching on giving the pertinent facts in limited time.
Great journalism! Cannot be brought neither be thrown in prison like they did with Hopewell 🙏
True
The question is what can be done with Africa or the world to save Zimbabwe because we can’t do it alone
Africa can't do anything,& won't do anything of coz.neither will Europe nor any1 else help us get rid of this bug that we have been living with since 1980.eventually it's the Zimbabweans that will reach breaking point & explode
@@thewarlordscalling6537 all of Africa will explode but tantacles of the enemy within suffocating us
Africans africans africans when we will learn the truth,the E.U we running to are the trouble causers.most countries in Africa are sanctioned,you cant trade to get foreign currency.the only way to do it is illegally.when we see that thats what the leaders are doing we cry running to E.U again without full knowledge of which role they are playing in our suffering.they continue pilling sanctions on us making life more painful for us the majority.wakeup Africa
@@thewarlordscalling6537 join the brics alliances or, the best solution is united states of Africa, Africa most unite in other to help each other
@@NjieZiphougarth the United States of Africa is an impossible dream.it would require that all the dictators in Africa surrender part of their powers & willingly give up authority to the supreme leader of the Unites States of Africa .that won't happen,these old veterans are in love with power,they want to rule forever.
The professor is laying down facts. Corruption is taken lightly despite being deadly
It’s really insightful can’t wait to see part 2
m2
Me too😢
If this smuggling was benefiting Zimbabwean citizens the whistle was not going to be blown that loud. Now they take everything for themselves and their children. Big up Hopewell 👍👍👍👍
It's happening in South Africa on a grand scale too
Yes by zama zama Zimbabweans
Yes, all the minerals from SA end up in the hands of white smugglers and Mafia, the people of Soweto have never benefitted, mining areas are left with holes, dams by these criminals/ They even sponsor wars in Congo to ensure africans are fighting as they steall minerals
@@truesouth6532 ldiot... The South African Kingpin was named in the documentary... You ignore that because you are a coward scared of boers
More evidence pliz.
@@truesouth6532 Nah its way, way bigger than the small Zama-zama operations.
Well done Zimbabwe for using initiative. If other African countries bought Zimbabwean gold there would be no need to go to Dubai
What is it that they did well? The funds from the sale of gold is benefiting a few people, the rest are suffering and dying.
Corrupt people always justify and defend corruption.
This guy!..you are expecting a farmer to sell corn to another corn farmer. African countries have their own gold to sell, they don't need to buy gold from Zim...
Your not craz your just dumb and immoral. Change name 2 Dumbo.
@Political Pod they cant use those systems because they're on sanctions as mentioned in the documentary
It so sad what is happening at Zimbabwe n in South Africa we have Zama zama doing the same thing here in South Africa. The government doing nothing about it
Government is benefiting that is why they dnt comment
Thanks for sharing with the world, very informative and helpful...
Zim can't catch a break man 💔😩🥺
This is exactly what Ian smith said would happen if zanu pf got the country.
😢😢😢😭😭😭😭
@@runningman2989 he was worst his corruption was covered up because they were looking after their own interests in 🇿🇼 without accountability to anyone. The colonialists planted these seeds.
@@chiyenyumba7135 Wapedza 🤝🏾
@@chiyenyumba7135 Didn't take you long to find a way to blame "the evil white man" for the corruption by Zim politicians...
A few months ago I read a comprehensive report on Google about gold smuggling. It is not restricted to Zimbabwe. Illegally mined gold from all of Southern Africa and Madagascar ends up in Dubai. The Zama Zamas as they are known in South Africa illegally mine gold. Many of them are Zimbabweans
And many also are from Lesotho
@eamusicmgmt aka #EliiandtheKings - Gold Pirates • has a song saying “zama zama” rapping about the issues of gold mining n it’s implications m.th-cam.com/video/rFKKTwJ9ido/w-d-xo.html
These gold smugglers should be made to work as Zama Zamas at the point of a gun.
Hopewell chin'ono he is the only citizen who is fighting for democracy and freedom for all,may almighty bless u for everything y're doing for us sir👏,
Corruption must stop enough is enough
Not the only one though
Well done to these under cover journalists. Takes such bravery
I wonder what Rutendo's comments would be as he is always defending Zimbabwe government and only blames the sanctions for the country's failure.
He is also part of this clandestine group
He will say zimbabwe government has no other choice but to smuggle the gold in order to get foreign currency which in turn will help the people, of course, this is bullshit, according to the documentary, very little of that money makes it back, it remains in offshore accounts. Even with the little that does come back, there is no accountability.
U don't think this happens in South Africa, while back SABC published a story about gold refinery in South Africa that are illegally smuggling billions worth of gold since 1994 to avoid tax and increase corporate profits. That video was taken down few days afterward.
He's part of this mafia gang
Quick to purchase weapons to murder their own poor citizens 🙏
Most of the laundered monies are kept in politicians and launderers bank accounts. They declare 1.2mil entering Zim but in reality only 100k is brought back
We need more of this type of investigations here in Africa , corruption is a open secret, if we cannot take those people to court at least we can expose them.
and then do nothing about it once its exposed?
And who buys this smuggled cold anyway?😂😂 Of course, it ends up in Europe. The same people who have sanctioned Zimbabwe are also stealing the Cold.
This one ends up in Dubai.
In Zimbabwe it is sad...but the sanctions have made us want to survive....
@@beverleyriyete How are you surviving??what are you benefiting there???This money is for their lavish lifestyle not an ordinary Zimbabweans. Sanctions have nothing to do with this. South Africa was prospering under Sanctions. Don't be fooled.
You have the same revelation as me. the end user is silent in this whole picture. The sanction Countries benefit more from this whole process, because these mafia people then buy properties and invest in their countries.
And this is only Gold , then there is Diamond , Lithium and other minerals corruption.
But nothing will happen in Zim
At least more eyes will be opened than to be in the dark
Hopelwell Chin'ono, big respect from me Sophia Mauluka, in Jamaica you have done a great job I hope the whole world rate you as a great journalist the best in our life time you have taken down powerful lions and Lioness. We are asking them to give you back your house title now. For they're caught.
I wished Aljazeera could have worked with our journalists from the Daily Maverick to investigate the corruption that Zuma, Gupta, ANC and Malema engaged into. Our Daily Maverick journalists did an excellent job 🙌🙌in the investigation of the Zupta corruption when Zuma was in power.
Don't forget Cyril and his people
@@Born_A_Star 😍😍
Why? The DM did a fine job all by themselves. What difference would this have made?
😂😂😂 I imagine if ZBC was covering this what would we be hearing
Sabc please if you want to do these segments have more time because while the more important points were being raised you cut the responders and complain about time. It's really sad. We need that information that you are cutting off.
They always do that
Go watch the Aljazeera documentary. They are doing tge best with their limited time.
This people using diplomatic passport should be canceled. Only head of embassy to hold it. Africa needs new law
Please give hopewell back his title deeds... you were exposed Please mudzoserei
Lemme go watch the documentary movie. Was Zim trying to bypass sanctions? If the sanctions were not in place, would they still have done it?
Professor needs to learn how to answer questions directly.
True journalism by Al Jazeera. Not the boring CNN propaganda
Economic hitmen is the best description.
Dr Chengeta you nailed it ,corruption is a genocide .
This is crazy. Worst kind of corruption
Thanks Al-Jazzera 🙏
Zimbabwean must survive with their Gold,whom they sell it to is not American and Britain pl(chinono problem
Though the focus is on Zimbabwe, we need to note that the African continent is being exploited in the worst way. A potentially rich continent is currently one of the poorest in the world because of corruption and crime to humanity.
Please add the absolute greed from politicians who allow it to happen.The continent could be uplifted, people could lead dignified lives if Africa took the raw product and refined it themselves- imagine how many jobs that would create- manufacturing plants, money being put into our coffers instead of being taken out, etc...
Exploited by there own leadership .
Exploited by our own leaders, whilst they also allow others to exploit us.
@@tanyaedwards4574 it was all started by colonialists they brought money materialism and greed a
We probably have our own leaders to blame for this
Hope is our hope ❤❤
It's the hope that kills 😩💔🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
He is our source of hope Hopewell Chi
only if we were fearless like south africans we would be protesting right now 😢
The problem is you are only active online and don't want to start yourself
zim is a dictatorship and SA has democracy. They protest, all is well but if we do they bring soldiers and guns on unarmed people
Zimbabwe is a different country when it comes protest tolerance. People were shot dead in the streets of Harare in the presence of international community. The army and police are used to brutaly dismiss any protests that the citizens try to make. Zimbabwe is not as democratic and friendly to its citizens as South Africa.
Soweto uprising in 1976 explains clearly that people where shot at and killed,now who said it was a smooth sailing ........just asking!
South Africans have the right toprotest. They are not thrown in jail or shot or killed. If Julius was in Zimbabwe going against ZanuPF he would have been killed a long time ago.
Meantime the people involved do all this without a conscious pure sinister group of individuals.🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🤮🤮
Prof Thompson Chengeta said some critical points there
Why 😢this cant be happening in front of our eyes guys we are suffering to raise a mere tuition of $300
Sad when Zim people are suffering. Really sad leadership there.
👏👏👏Great journalism indeed, big up all the guest speakers, great insight indeed 👌👌👌👍😎
And yet South Africa still cry for removal of sanctions from Zimbabwe when the problem is corruption...ANC stop supporting Zanu pf yu are punishing millions of poor Zimbabweans...THINK THINK
This is why Zimbabwe's people remain poor. It is very sad. They flock to Zimbabwe , Botswana the UK and the world. Very sad. There must be a uprising in that country. Zimbabweans must go back to their country to fight for thier country.
Excellent Report Thank you to you all
We need to unite like we did in November 2017,we managed to remove Bob, these can go too
Africa will experience this as long as our leaders choose china and Russia as friends.
The time has come for Africa to stand up & call a spade a spade .Zimbabweans we can't continue to fold our hands & leave acts of corruption to go on
# E.D & Zanu pf must fall
People of Zimbabwe we need to unite and take on the streets and demand that the president and all the elites to step down with immediate effect and if the army and the police interfere and fight the people then the are the problem for our country we can not sit idle while these people are spiralling the country down the bottomless pit
Sri Lanka did it, North Africans did it, so can you.
People of Zim won't do anything about it, I am not sure if is excessive fear of persecution by gov or just given up on this beautiful country. The solution of Zim lies with the people of Zim, mass mobilisation of all Zimbabweans in the country n diaspora should be enforced.
@@thekothamaga9970 very true there is a lot of fear among Zimbabwean but this its time we unite as the people of Zimbabwe, for one moment we need to forget about our political or tribal affiliations and be one voice for the nation and push these so called elites out they are worse that SLAVE CATCHERS they are destroying the future of our kids, and this will be criminal for us Zimbabweans to sit and watch then do nothing about it
We say things in Zim but fear to take action. It's pathetic to say the least.
As Zimbabwean we are cowards - end of. Other countries wouldn’t tolerate this…period 🙅🏾♂️
Blood has to be spilled if we are to take the country. It’s a message that most of us don’t want to hear….but l said it.
No bads in hospitals,no medicine, no water in bulawayo, no roads,no jobs, arresting opposition from ccc & mrp,being arrested by criminals.
That's why Zimbabwean people seeking refuge in South Africa and other countries please don't fight them... Give them better salaries and green pastures
"Economic hitmen"
Very true... opposition in Afrcan countries has badly been weakened 😢
Still nobody behind bars same old same old pathetic non existing accountability that's why this corruption will never end.
Corruption is a crime against humanity
Los hulle vir ons die BOER. Geskiedenis gaan homself herhaal!!!
Can the majority (poor Zimbabweans survive this?)😢
Critical thinking here. Zimbabwe is still under western sanctions. How is evading western sanctions a bad thing for Zimbabwe?
I wish the professor as given more time
Thank you for exposing them. But honestly what's next , does our suffering stop nothing changes .No one does anything about it. We know there is a lot of corruption in Zimbabwe . Everyone in a position of power is using it to his own advantage . What can we do as the lower class society .Our voices are nothing ,even of you try standing up to them you disappear . At the end of the day we know and we are just watching in the sidelines as they become rich and more powerful everyday and our suffering growing by the day.
cant wait for Huslers Corner podcast to host Hopewell Chin'ono as their guest, the guy has been a fluent mouthpiece for Zimbambwe just like Rutendo Mthinyarera
Let Zimbabwean survive with what ever they have
The sad part is when these corrupted guys were accepting that when they are giving out million worth of gold in return they are getting like a hundred thousand dollars, which is just a fraction of that gold, selfishness and greedy within these foolish politicians is too much
Yes they are so stupid that they do not mind to bankrupting their countries by stealing 10 rand to give 8 rand to someone else.
This story reminds me of the phala phala story with Ramaphosa.. we don't know how Cyrial got those dollars.. and why they were never declared.
Why are they refusing to set up a committee to investigate Eskom corruption?
Too obsessed with Cyril, but the man is a billionaire with many businesses. Put more energy on those who brought the country to its knees (State capture)
The $500k Phala Phala farm syndicate is money for sweets and ice cream 🍦 compared to this.
He got the dollars from zim from that gold mafia wait for part 2,3,4
@Patson Marime we don't know that, let's stop staking things, lights, let's open eye's before it's too late. We don't know where this man got this money from.
Very very sad..greed will kill our leaders
Such corruption doesn't only happen in Africa and little accountability will happen in this case. Not even my Zim friends doubt anything will happen
how has the Gold in SA helped the people of Soweto. How has the oil from Nigeria helped the poor Nigerian or the Cocoa in Ghana
@@jameskillu9171 Gold and Diamonds are the reason SA is what it is. You literally have people fighting us, to force us to open our country to them, while they have their own nation that needs their skills and time.
the interview or rather documentary does not merely implicate zimbabwe nationals it also pinpoints south African citizen(s) as well i hope part two we unfold the RG TYCOON BUSINESS MAN CIGARETTE OWNER
These cigarette guys ai. Wonder if Mazotti also has fingers in gold pies, etc etc
Even if they’re exposed still nothing will change.
That's true dear
Please be more positive ❤
Absolutely nothing will happen to those in the documentary. They should all be arrested from the top to the bottom. The level of corruption is unbelievable.
Sabc journalist will never do this kind of investigation
Africa most unite in other to help each other in many different issues
This sounds just like South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and his cronies are known to visit Zimbabwe on many occasions, as well as high officials. How do we trust our President?
Who said we did? He only managed to pull the wool over our eyes for so long. He knows that everyone now knows he is a poser and a bare faced liar.
Brilliant Documentary. .When Is the 3rd one going to be Released.??
Can you help us to frozen 🥶 properties whatever they’re we are sick 🤒 and tired of this;this thing must be done whatever they have some channels in the world 🌍
talk about how the youth have accepted crime. We need to begin taking some of these crimes seriously if our countries are to grow and move in the right direction.
This is what happens with our coal and Ramaphosa is involved
The phalaphala money is most probably frome the kind of corruption
Can't wait
What is the right way... The one that is going on here in south Africa... Why don't you talk about it and tell people about Anglo American that are owning over 60% of economic of South Africa
Where is Rutendo Matinyarare....To speak on this
EFF also benefits
Thank you Aljazeera, all this is old news to those in the local know. The only differance is that you go to jail just for talking about it inside the country. This should be a massive bolw to the ZANU PF ragime. Now start with the ANC and EFF in South Africa, you will be shocked at the levels of corruption. Wherever theres a Saudi billionaire involved in Africa watch this sapce. it should raise a massive RED flag.