RBZ takes aim at unaired Al Jazeera graft documentary

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has attacked the yet to be screened Al Jazeera documentary on corruption, money laundering and gold smuggling, produced by the network’s Investigative Unit implicating the central bank.

RBZ governor, John Mangudya took umbrage with the description of the central bank as ‘Southern Africa’s laundromat’ and ‘Southern Africa’s laundry service’ to describe its role in alleged money laundering by some people caught up in the sting in snippets released so far.

“The leaked snippets of the unscreened documentary omit the Bank’s responses to 32 questions Al Jazeera Investigative Unit posed to the Bank in connection with the allegations.

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