Al Jazeera is poised to air a video that will undoubtedly frighten the authorities as Zimbabwe gets ready for its presidential elections this year. “Criminal organizations transfer stolen money into gold, which is then traded internationally. The inquiry reveals who holds the highest state positions in southern Africa, “It was teased by Al Jazeera.

Heads are already reportedly rolling before the documentary has even been released and top officials are likely to face the music. The four part series is the work of undercover Al Jazeera journalists who worked on the story for two years. Snippets of the documentary shown to a select group of journalists in Zimbabwe revealed government officials and diplomats in a private meeting with Kamlesh Pattni, once implicated in the Goldenberg scandal that syphoned about R10.8 billion from Kenya in the 1990s but was acquitted in 2013.

Zimbabwe is well known for its zero stance of pressure freedom. Journalists in that country are too afraid to report on issues affecting the ordinary citizens.Many reports on government corruption and intimidation in Zimbabwe is reported by foreign media outlets.The Al Jazeera documentary has Zimbabweans holding their breaths but the ruling party is devastated.

An irate Zanu PF director of information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi threatened to cut satellite television in Zimbabwe because of how anticipated the documentary was.