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The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit recently released a four-part documentary called “Gold Mafia” exposing gold smuggling and money laundering gangs in southern Africa.
The documentary revealed how the gang members get rich while plundering their nations and keeping millions in abject poverty.
The four episodes are:
<ul>
<li>Episode 1 – The Laundry Service</li>
<li>Episode 2 – Smoke &amp; Mirrors</li>
<li>Episode 3 – El Dorado </li>
<li>Episode 4 – Have The King With You</li>
</ul>
<h2>Here is a timeline of the “Gold Mafia” documentary</h2>
On 27 February 2023, <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/al-jazeera-investigations-to-expose-astonishing-plunder-looting-in-zimbabwe/">award-winning journalist and filmmaker Hopewell Chin’ono posted on Twitter</a> that Al Jazeera was going to expose corrupt Zimbabwean politicians and their associates in a documentary
Chin’ono said that the producers had shown the films to a select group of corruption experts and journalists to give their comments before the documentary is broadcasted.
He also said the documentary would expose “astonishing looting, plunder and laundering in Zimbabwe”.
Nick Mangwana makes startling remarks
On 01 March 2023, the Permanent Secretary of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zimbabwean-govt-admits-to-corruption-smuggling-and-money-laundering/">Ndavaningi Mangwana admitted that there is rampant corruption, smuggling of minerals, and money laundering</a> in the country. He said:
<blockquote>
Facts:-Is there corruption in Zimbabwe? Yes. -Is there smuggling of minerals and forex out of the country? Yes -Is there money laundering in Zimbabwe? Yes (including by NGOs) -Is the Government fully committed to getting rid of all the above ills? That’s a fact.
</blockquote>
Postponed
The four-part documentary was scheduled to start on Thursday, 02 March 2023 at 12 PM Central African Time <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/al-jazeera-investigations-on-zimbabwe-broadcast-postponed-due-to-technical-issues/">but was postponed</a> to allow the broadcaster to sort out a technical issue.
No Sanctions – Mangudya
On 06 March 2023, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, dismissed as false and malicious reports carried in a trailer of “Gold Mafia” which had not been screened.
The reports suggested that the central bank was engaged in illicit gold dealings, corruption, and money laundering.
Mangudya also said there are no sanctions on Zimbabwean imports and exports, including on gold.
He, however, later clarified his remarks saying Zimbabwe remained under economic sanctions that have hampered the movement of funds and trade.
Episode 1 – The Laundry Service
The first episode of “Gold Mafia” finally premiered on 23 March 2023. Among the highlights, Zimbabwe’s ambassador at large Spirit Embassy founder, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Uebert_Angel">Hubert Mudzanire</a> alias <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Uebert_Angel">Uebert Angel</a> said President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be in power until he dies. He said:
<blockquote>
Let me just say don’t worry about the President. Don’t worry about him. This president will be president until he dies.
</blockquote>
Angel also claimed that Mnangagwa gave him absolute power to make treaties with other countries without even getting the president involved.
ZACC Comments On Gold Mafia
On 24 March, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZACConline/status/1639195821420998657?s=20">said that it was closely following</a> the Al Jazeera documentary into alleged gold smuggling and money laundering in the country.
The Chief Investment Officer at the Office of Presidential Envoy and Ambassador at Large (OPEAAL) Sobona Mtisi issued a statement in response to the documentary denying the allegations raised by Al Jazeera. OPEAAL later disowned the statement.
George Charamba’s Threats
On 29 March, presidential spokesperson George Charamba warned that journalists who were “reckless enough to repeat what [the Al Jazeera] documentary defamatorily says” will be sorry.
Episode 2 – Smoke &amp; Mirrors
The second episode of “Gold Mafia” premiered on 30 March 2023. Among other people, it featured a British Christian preacher, Rikki Doolan, who was portrayed as a money launderer, saying all money laundering deals are done with the president’s blessing. 
Enter CCC
On 31 March, the opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/ccc-demand-international-forensic-investigation-into-zimbabwes-gold-mafia/">demanded an international forensic investigation</a> of individuals implicated in alleged money laundering activities and illicit gold dealings in Zimbabwe.
In a statement signed by party spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, CCC said there should be a full, independent, international investigation in respect of all those who are implicated and mentioned.
Govt Responds To “Gold Mafia”
On 03 March, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Senator <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Monica_Mutsvangwa">Monica Mutsvangwa</a>, said the government will punish individuals mentioned in Gold Mafia if they are convicted of gold smuggling and money laundering as stated in the documentary. She said members of the public will be informed of new developments in due course.
RBZ Freezes Accounts of the “Gold Mafia”
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said it had frozen the assets of four officials who were caught on camera confessing that they are involved in gold smuggling, money laundering, bribery and other corrupt activities. The four were identified as Cleopas Chidodo, David Chirozvi, Mehlululi Dube and Fredrick Kunaka.
Episode 3 – El Dorado 
On Thursday, 06 April 2023, Al Jazeera Investigations premiered Episode 3 of the Gold Mafia documentary. 
In this episode, <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/gold-mafia-alleged-money-launderer-explains-how-zim-gold-is-used-to-clean-dirty-cash/">Kamlesh Pattni is seen talking with Al Jazeera journalist “Mr. Stanley”</a> who posed as a Chinese gangster who wanted his US$100 million dirty cash cleaned.
Tinopona Katsande
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tinopona_Katsande">Tinopona Katsande</a>, a Zimbabwean broadcaster and actress, called on the gold mafia, land barons, and drug dealers to purchase cancer machines, saying many Zimbabweans were dying from cancer.
In a Facebook post, <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/tino-katsande-to-undergo-radiotherapy-as-she-battles-cancer/">Katsande who is battling cancer</a> said about six people had died in the past two weeks because they could not afford the privately owned cancer machines. 
Uebert Angel’s Account Frozen
The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Reserve_Bank_of_Zimbabwe">Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)</a> said it had frozen <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Uebert_Angel">Uebert Angel</a>‘s accounts over alleged gold smuggling, money laundering, bribery, and other corrupt activities. Through the Financial Intelligence Unit, RBZ also froze the accounts of Ewan McMillan, <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/accountant-reveals-how-kamlesh-pattni-is-duping-zimbabwe-gold-mafia/">Kamlesh Pattni</a> and <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/rbz-doesnt-have-money-to-buy-gold-rudland-buys-on-its-behalf-al-jazeera/">Simon Rudland</a> stating that it was taking a strong stance against money laundering and was tracking activities that could expose further money laundering by the alleged Gold Mafia.
ZAPU Calls For Protests
According to a flyer circulated on social media, ZAPU called for protests at Uebert Angel’s church in Johannesburg, South Africa to voice displeasure at the government’s “apparent refusal to act on the scandal.”
Simon Rudland Responds to Gold Mafia Allegations
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Simon_Rudland">Simon Rudland,</a> the co-owner of Gold Leaf Tobacco Zimbabwe, dismissed the Al Jazeera documentary “<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gold_Smuggling_in_Zimbabwe">Gold Mafia</a>” as sensationalized and extreme. He argued that the documentary only presents selective snippets of wild and broad claims without proper context or evidence to support them.
Madhuku Comes To Uebert Angel’s Defence
Madhuku said that he would hold a press conference on 13 April in response to the Al Jazeera documentary. The press conference was supposed to be held the same day Al Jazeera released the final episode of the four-series documentary. It was, however, postponed after Al Jazeera delayed premiering the final episode.
Episode 4 – Have The King With You
The final episode of the Gold Mafia documentary titled “Have The King With You” was released on 14 April 2023.
Angel Claims He Was Acting
On 14 April 2023, Angel’s lawyer Lovemore Madhuku said his client’s words and actions filmed by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit), were staged and a classified national intelligence operation.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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Gold Mafia Al Jazeera Documentary Timeline

Data analysts Team Pachedu on Sunday announced they had cancelled their planned mass protests against the deteriorating socio-economic environment and the continued incarceration of Job Sikhala.
The protests were also against the looting of the country’s resources by the elite exposed by the Al Jazeera documentary called “Gold Mafia”.
In a Twitter post, Team Pachedu said they cancelled the protests which were scheduled to coincide with Independence Day celebrations on 18 April due to a lack of stakeholders’ consensus. Reads the post:
<blockquote>
We have been pushing for a peaceful national protest on April 18 in light of the deteriorating socio-economic environment, including the Gold Mafia saga and the unjust continual detention of Job Sikhala. Regrettably, we are calling off due to a lack of stakeholders’ consensus.
</blockquote>
However, some civil society organisations said they had not been formally approached by Team Pachedu about the planned protests.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200010352/gold-mafia-demo-flops">NewsDay</a>, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition chairperson Peter Mutasa said:
<blockquote>
We are not aware of any discussions around this. We were never approached or consulted about it.
So we do not know much about why stakeholders didn’t support it as stated.
</blockquote>
Centre for Natural Resource Governance director Farai Maguwu also told the publication that Team Pachedu never consulted them about the protests. He said:
<blockquote>
I am not privy to who was coordinating, how they consulted and who was consulted.
I think the coordination should have occurred through or with established movements such as workers’ unions, student movements, and civil society.
</blockquote>
The Gold Mafia is a term used to describe gold smuggling and money laundering gangs in southern Africa who share links with top officials in Zimbabwe’s government.
The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit recently produced a four-part series titled “Gold Mafia” which exposed how the gangs work.
The gang members get rich while plundering their nations and keeping millions in abject poverty.
They use gold to turn dirty cash into clean, seemingly legitimate money for those with large amounts of unaccounted wealth.
The criminals do so by using a complex web of companies, counterfeit identities and fake documents.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Team Pachedu Cancel Gold Mafia Protests

Political analysts say the Al Jazeera “Gold Mafia” documentary which exposed alleged gold smuggling and money laundering by individuals who named-dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa may not have any impact on voting patterns in forthcoming general elections.
In a recent interview with <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/al-jazeera-expose-can-bolster-eds-popularity-among-electorate-says-political-analysts/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>, political researcher Alexander Rusero said Gold Mafia trended on social media platforms but a greater part of the electorate was not on those platforms. Said Rusero:
<blockquote>
As much as you cannot downplay the role of social media in electoral politics, Zimbabwe’s political balance of forces is still pretty much offline, and not online.
The country’s political gravitas is offline. Online discourses, exposes on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube where this documentary has been popularized remain elitist in the current scheme of things.
There is nothing much. I would not want to go into the documentary’s shortcomings but to then say, people would change their voting patterns or perception will be desperation.
This documentary can actually bolster Mnangagwa’s position in terms of loyalty in his party (ZANU PF); in terms of the Haves and Have Nots etc.
</blockquote>
Another political analyst, Eldred Masunungure told the publication that corruption by the elites has been normalized and as a result, the Al Jazeera documentary did not induce enough shock to alter voting patterns. Said Masunungure:
<blockquote>
Because corruption has been routinized in the country, there is not enough shock attendant on the ‘Gold Mafia’ exposés and therefore the impact on voting intentions may be muted.
The impact of the ‘Gold Mafia’ documentary depends on multiple factors, one of which is that the revelations are not entirely new except that people/voters did not have solid, irrefutable evidence as was provided by the documentary.
The corruption in the country, especially involving the ruling elite, has been so embedded and systemic that most Zimbabweans have become numb to the pervasive problem.
The other vital factor is the extent to which the revelations have been published beyond the urban areas and beyond the more politically sophisticated block of voters.
Is there a critical mass of politically conscious and alert citizens who can speak truth to power in the ballot box?
</blockquote>
The Gold Mafia documentary exposed an alleged series of gold smuggling gangs in Southern Africa that help criminals launder hundreds of millions of dollars.
The gang members get rich while plundering their nations and keeping millions in abject poverty.
They use gold to turn dirty cash into clean, seemingly legitimate money for those with large amounts of unaccounted wealth.
The criminals do so by using a complex web of companies, counterfeit identities and fake documents.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Gold Mafia Al Jazeera Documentary Won't Influence Voting Patterns - Analysts

Zimbabwean businessman and alleged gold smuggler Ewan Macmillan says he is done bribing politicians to smuggle gold out of the country.
Macmillan (aka Mr. Gold) was featured in the final episode of the Gold Mafia Al Jazeera documentary titled “Have The King With You” released on Friday, 14 April.
Speaking to the undercover journalists who posed as Chinese gangsters who wanted to wash dirty money, Macmillan said:
<blockquote>
I will never go down that road again. You pay, you pay, you pay, you pay and you pay.
And you think this is so much money. Why am I paying this much money?
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Ambassador at Large and Presidential Envoy to Europe and the Americas, Uebert Angel, was also filmed by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) deriding Macmillan, saying he was no longer “Mr. Gold” and had been overtaken by his former employee Pedzisai “Scott” Sakupwanya.
Angel also showed the reporters pictures of Sakupwanya flaunting his US$5 million cash and some gold bars on 29 June 2020. He said:
<blockquote>
He is the biggest gold guy in Zimbabwe. He’s right there, he’s in his house, sleeping on five million U.S. dollars.
This guy used to clean MacMillan’s car. Macmillan was the one that this one worked for. It’s good we know it’s Macmillan.
Macmillan doesn’t control nothing. This was his worker cleaning his car. He is the number one now in Zimbabwe.
Scott is number one. Number one without a doubt. We can just call him right now.
</blockquote>
Angel then called Sakupwanya in the presence of the undercover reporters. He said:
<blockquote>
So I’ve got some good investors for you here. They are hearing you already. From January, what have you gotten right now? What have you sold?
</blockquote>
Scott said he had sold six tonnes of gold in 10 months. When Angel asked about what happens when someone invests with him, Sakupwanya said:
<blockquote>
I guess I can take ten percent per month.
</blockquote>
He said if he gets cash from someone, he gives them ten percent per month for the money they invest with him.
Scott said the investors are 100 per guaranteed to get a return for their investment.
On being asked by Angel how he moves the money back to the investor, he said:
<blockquote>
It depends on where they are from. If they are from Dubai, I can pay into their Dubai account… Anywhere, anywhere in the world, I can manage to do the transfer. Not a problem for me.
</blockquote>
According to Angel, Sakupwanya has managed to keep his wealth, and proceeds to gold, due to his loyalty to Mnangagwa. He said:
<blockquote>
Because he is (pointing above, to indicate that he is Mnangagwa’s man) … and the president.
</blockquote>
According to Al Jazeera, the gold smugglers carry Zimbabwe’s gold to Dubai, where it is then sold in exchange for clean cash.
This money is transferred to the bank accounts of the money launderers, who hand over an equivalent amount of their dirty dollars to the Zimbabwe government through the smugglers.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Gold Mafia: Macmillan Says He's Done Bribing Politicians To Smuggle Gold

Kenyan gold dealer Kamlesh Pattni claims he pays President Emmerson Mnangagwa every two weeks to enable him to continue carrying out his gold and money laundering operations in Zimbabwe.
Pattni (aka Brother Paul), made the claims to undercover Al Jazeera reporters who posed as Chinese gangsters who wanted his services to launder as much as US$1.2 billion from Hong Kong.
This was revealed in the fourth and final installment of the Al Jazeera documentary, “Gold Mafia” titled “Have The King With You” that was premiered on Friday, 14 April 2023.
Pattni told the undercover reporters that he had the President’s number and regularly chats with him on WhatsApp. He was filmed saying:
<blockquote>
This is his number. I call him Tembo…I always give him how much we have done… Yeah, he has to be informed. I was just writing him a message here.
</blockquote>
Pattni then showed the reporters WhatsApp messages he allegedly exchanged with the president.
One of the undercover reporters asked Pattnin: “This is the President’s number. Direct to the President?” In response, Pattni said: “Yes directly… I have to inform him.”
Pattni also claimed he makes payments to Mnangagwa every two weeks through his young brother. He said:
<blockquote>
This is like the norm of life. The incentives, the fees… the appreciation.
Every two weeks, Swetang, my brother is there. Every fortnight, he is there at the State House. We always contribute our appreciation.
</blockquote>
One of the undercover reporters then asked Pattni; “To Mnangagwa?” In response, Pattni said:
<blockquote>
To the King himself… When you work, you must always have the king with you. The President.
</blockquote>
In the first episode of Gold Mafia, a former accountant of Kamlesh Pattni said that his former boss is duping Zimbabwean authorities. He said:
<blockquote>
He exports jewellery and gold bars to Dubai and the rest of the world. In exchange, he has to bring foreign currency to Zimbabwe. On paper, he is bringing money to Zimbabwe.
Sometimes they’re bringing some cash from there and then they declare it. But the amount is less.
They’re not declaring the actual amounts. They bring 50 000, sometimes 100 000 but they declare it as one million or two million.
</blockquote>
In one blue form obtained by Al Jazeera, Pattni states that he brought US$1 219 723.20 from selling jewellery in Dubai.
But Pattni does not bring US$1 219 723.20 to Zimbabwe. His former accountant said:
<blockquote>
They give bribes to the customs guys there. They tell them to stamp their blue form, and put the amount they are bringing as $1.2 million but actually, he didn’t bring that $1.2 million amount.
</blockquote>
A document obtained by Al Jazeera suggests that instead of US$1 219 723.20, Pattni brought US$99 850.
He leaves the bulk of the money he got from selling Jewellery in Dubai.
But that affects his ability to buy gold in Zimbabwe. He does not have US$1.2 million as declared. His former accountant says he would go on the market.
He collects United States dollars from his clients in Zimbabwe and buys gold which he exports as before. He collects his 18% percent commission from the Zimbabwean government. He uses it to pay his clients in Dubai. The accountant added:
<blockquote>
With gold exports, Kamlesh Pattni is pretending that he is helping the country with foreign reserves. He is not bringing any foreign currency inside the country.
He is taking all foreign reserves outside the country. He’s just making a fool of the people around him, the government officials.
</blockquote>
The Gold Mafia documentary exposed an alleged series of gold smuggling gangs in Southern Africa that help criminals launder hundreds of millions of dollars.
The gang members get rich while plundering their nations and keeping millions in abject poverty.
They use gold to turn dirty cash into clean, seemingly legitimate money for those with large amounts of unaccounted wealth.
The criminals do so by using a complex web of companies, counterfeit identities and fake documents.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Gold Mafia: Kamlesh Pattni Claims He "Appreciates" Mnangagwa Every Two Weeks

The former first lady, Grace Mugabe, allegedly used her position to smuggle diamonds and ivory out of the country without her husband’s knowledge and her luggage was not subject to search.
Grace was the wife of the late former President Robert Mugabe who died in 2019, almost two years after he was deposed in a military coup.
The alleged smuggling of diamonds and ivory by Grace was revealed in the final episode of the Gold Mafia Al Jazeera documentary titled “Have The King With You” released on Friday, 14 April.
Speaking to the undercover journalists who posed as Chinese gangsters who wanted to wash dirty money, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) manager Cleopas Chidodo alleged that Grace made a lot of money through smuggling.
He claimed that planes would be sent to diamond mines where the finest diamonds would be handpicked and flown to Dubai via Harare International Airport.
Chidodo further alleged that poachers would be sent to kill elephants and the ivory would be flown out of the country as cargo. Said Chidodo:
<blockquote>
She wanted to take things out and Mugabe did not know.
They would go out there and kill elephants and stuff like that. Poachers would then prepare the ivory.
It would come to the airport as cargo in big containers, if the ivory comes and the supervisor asks, they will just say it is for the first family and no one will ask further.
The plane goes to diamond mines and they select some nice diamonds to put in the plane.
The plane will come from the diamond mine and go straight to Dubai, no papers, no what.
They were making money, they made a lot of money.
</blockquote>
The Gold Mafia documentary exposed an alleged series of gold smuggling gangs in Southern Africa that help criminals launder hundreds of millions of dollars.
The gang members get rich while plundering their nations and keeping millions in abject poverty.
They use gold to turn dirty cash into clean, seemingly legitimate money for those with large amounts of unaccounted wealth.
The criminals do so by using a complex web of companies, counterfeit identities and fake documents.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Gold Mafia: Grace Mugabe Accused Of Smuggling Diamonds And Ivory

Temba Mliswa has demanded that the Government issue a statement and clear the air on the various allegations raised by the Al Jazeera documentary, Gold Mafia.
The Gold Mafia documentary is a four-part investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) which was aired over a four-week period.
Mliswa, an independent MP (Norton), argued that the Government should state its position as many explanations have been given by officials who were caught on camera incriminating themselves and also name-dropping in front of undercover journalists. Said Mliswa:
<blockquote>
The Gold Mafia issue has become the prime topic and I think Gvt should come out with a statement on its position.
There have been many accounts flying around. This has created more confusion and cemented the perception that there are more shady deals occurring.
First, there were stories about sanctions-busting; then RBZ said gold isn’t under sanctions and now we hear that it was all an intelligence operation, yet some accounts were reportedly frozen.
Clearly, there is a need for a statement from Gvt stating which is which.
This is why I also stated that authorities should have waited for the completion of the documentary before giving statements to avoid a scenario like this one.
Now we have a sea of narratives opposing each other and some lacking the slightest iota of sense they are simply dubious!
</blockquote>
The documentary exposed an alleged series of gold smuggling gangs in Southern Africa that help criminals launder hundreds of millions of dollars.
The gang members get rich while plundering their nations and keeping millions in abject poverty.
They use gold to turn dirty cash into clean, seemingly legitimate money for those with large amounts of unaccounted wealth.
The criminals do so by using a complex web of companies, counterfeit identities and fake documents.
One of the central figures in the documentary is Zimbabwe’s Ambassador at Large and Presidential Envoy to Europe and the Americas, Uebert Angel.
Angel allegedly offered to launder cash into the country using his diplomatic status and was secretly recorded boasting about his close relations with Mnangagwa and how much power he wields as a result.
His assets were recently frozen by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit.
Angel, however, claims his words and actions filmed by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit), were staged and a classified national intelligence operation.
Addressing journalists in Harare on Friday soon after the final episode of the Gold Mafia documentary titled “Have The King With You”,  was aired, Angel’s lawyer Lovemore Madhuku, said his client was working with national intelligence.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Temba Mliswa Challenges Government To Issue Statement On "Gold Mafia"

Self-proclaimed prophet Uebert Angel has denied allegations against him in the Al Jazeera Gold Mafia documentary.
Angel, who was appointed Ambassador at Large and Presidential Envoy to Europe and the Americas by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2021, said his words and actions filmed by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit), were staged and a classified national intelligence operation.
Addressing journalists in Harare on Friday soon after the final episode of the Gold Mafia documentary titled “Have The King With You”, Angel’s lawyer Lovemore Madhuku, said his client was working with national intelligence.
He said that after Angel was approached by the purported investors, he consulted the national intelligence to do security checks on them and was advised that something suspicious was going on. Madhuku was quoted by <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/uebert-angel-finally-speaks-on-gold-mafia-claims-it-was-all-an-act-a-classified-national-intelligence-operation/">NewZimbabwe.com</a> as saying:
<blockquote>
This interaction led to what we are calling a classified national intelligence assignment which meant a decision was taken with intelligence authorities that he would play along and would not cancel his interactions with these persons, he would meet them as if he was going to make arrangements for them to meet the president and be able to do investments in Zimbabwe.
So it was in the context of a national intelligence operation, Zimbabwe wanted to gain intelligence out of it, and wanted to see how far its enemies could go and what the agendas were.
Ordinarily, these things are not told to the world but because of the intensity and implications of the documentary on the integrity of the operations of governmental systems in this country, my client felt obliged that he has a moral obligation to at least give an indication of what was going on.
</blockquote>
Madhuku also claimed that the purported calls to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya as shown in the documentary were made to decoys. He said:
<blockquote>
In that documentary, all the things that are said, no one was phoned, the first lady or Henrietta Rushwaya were decoys that were put in an intelligence operation. So even the statements that you hear are not real.
If you were to put it very boldly or mildly, they were acting along and it’s unfortunate that according to the version we are putting it is unfortunate that it is national security issues that are then played in public because of the agenda of these people which then forces issues that ordinarily would not be put on the table.
</blockquote>
Last month Angel’s office, the Office of Presidential Envoy and Ambassador at Large (OPEAAL), responded to the Al Jazeera documentary and denied that he was involved in money laundering and gold smuggling.
In his press conference on Friday, Madhuku essentially <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/uebert-angels-office-responds-to-al-jazeera-documentary/">repeated what the Chief Investment Officer at OPEAAL Sobona Mtisi said last month</a>. Mtisi’s statement read in part:
<blockquote>
The calls to the decoys were made in light of the leading questions asked by the “investors”.
They kept pushing to have the First Family in the discussion, especially the First Lady and the President.
They even threw in figures to help in the charity organisation which Ambassador Angel refused and even told them he had his own money; this part was omitted from the documentary.
It’s just amazing how people are made to believe what has been propagated as the gospel.
The best these people got are the audios from the decoys, they never got the chance to film the President or the First Lady because the Ambassador was already informed by the security agents prior to getting in the meeting that they didn’t have the money they claimed to have.
</blockquote>
Angel’s assets were recently frozen by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit.
Reports suggest Angel is likely to face money laundering charges and allegations of name-dropping.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Gold Mafia: Uebert Angel Says it Was All An Act, A Classified National Intelligence Operation

Zimbabwean businessman and alleged gold smuggler Ewan Macmillan (aka Mr. Gold) has spoken disparagingly about black people saying one should not do business with them.
Macmillan made the comments while speaking to Al Jazeera undercover reporters, who were pretending to be Chinese criminals looking to launder more than US$100 million of undeclared wealth.
The “loud and loquacious” Macmillan was featured in the fourth and final episode of the “Gold Mafia” documentary titled “Have The King With You” that was premiered on Friday, 14 April 2023.
Despite claiming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was his partner, Macmillan said investing with black people may result in one losing their money, adding black people are liars. He said:
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Do me a favour. Whatever you do listen to what I say. Don’t invest with a black guy. You will die. They will tell you just lies.
You’ll invest, and you’ll lose all your money. Do not trust any black person.
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Macmillan also told the undercover reporters that the President’s son, Emmerson Jr was his partner.
He claimed that he paid Emmerson Jr’s debt and received the President’s Rolex watch after paying off the debt. Said Macmillan:
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I can put you straight in touch with him. That’s no problem. He is a friend of mine. We meet him, no problem.
And you won’t believe this. This is between us. I have Mnangagwa’s gold-studded President. Rolex.
Because the son ran into debt and had to pay the debt off so he gave me the Rolex.
I paid the debt off, and he said “Please don’t tell my dad”. And I think, … man, you are joking.
I’ve got the dad’s watch. It’s a blue face with gold studs all around. So I’ve all that in a safe…
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Macmillan’s assets, alongside those of Uebert Angel, Kamlesh Pattni, and Simon Rudland were recently frozen by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit.
Pattni, Angel, and Rudland were implicated in gold smuggling, money laundering, bribery, and other corrupt activities in the Al Jazeera documentary.
A 2020 report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) said gold worth US$1.5 billion was smuggled out of Zimbabwe every year by syndicates linked to political elites.
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Gold Mafia: Don't Invest With Black People, You Will Die - Ewan Macmillan

Ewan Macmillan, (aka Mr. Gold) a Zimbabwean gold dealer, businessman, and suspected gold smuggler, claims he has President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ear and does whatever he tells him to do.
In the fourth and final episode of the “Gold Mafia” documentary titled “Have The King With You,” Macmillan spoke to undercover Al Jazeera journalists who posed as gangsters who wanted to clean US$1OO million dirty cash through gold smuggling.
Speaking to the reporters, Macmillan boasted that when he was in trouble, Mnangagwa intervened on his behalf. He said:
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I sat with him three months ago. Sitting with him, chatting to him… The good news is whatever I told him, he did.
Do you know that? When I was getting hurt, I said “You’ve got to stop it here, here, here, here”. And he did it, he did it. Within two weeks, he fixed everything.
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He also claimed Mnangagwa came to his aid when he had a dispute with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mangudya. It is not clear what the dispute was all about. He said:
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You know Mangudya’s problem. I said to him [E.D.], “Mangudya, I think he’s dirty. You need to find him out”. E.D. went and fixed him.
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Macmillan however, admitted that maintaining relationships with high-profile people comes at a high price. He said:
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You pay a guy money every month. You just get a partner and pay so much money a month and he just sits back. He’s happy and doesn’t care. That’s what happens.
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According to Al Jazeera, Macmillan was first jailed for gold smuggling in the early 1990s, when he was just 21 years old.
He is allegedly among a set of smugglers who work with Zimbabwe’s state-run refinery, Fidelity Printers and Refineries. He was quoted as saying:
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There is an opportunity, a hell of a big opportunity to wash money here. I can give my partner gold in Dubai and he can just pay you anywhere in the world.
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Macmillan did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for a formal comment about the investigation.
A 2020 report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) said gold worth US$1.5 billion was smuggled out of Zimbabwe every year by syndicates linked to political elites.
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Gold Mafia: I Told Mnangagwa To Fix Mangudya And He Did, Says Macmillan

Qatar-based international broadcaster Al Jazeera has released the final episode of the Gold Mafia documentary titled “Have The King With You”.
The four-part Gold Mafia documentary series was produced and directed by Al Jazeera Investigative Unit.
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Gold Mafia, a four-part series by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit looks at how society’s obsession with gold underwrites a global shadow economy. Investigators obtain the blueprints of money laundering operations that service southern Africa’s economic and political elite. And the investigation leads to the highest offices of the state.
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Watch “Gold Mafia – Episode 4 – Have The King With You” below:
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