Kulabasola uhulumende ngendlela aphathe ngayo udaba lwefilimu ye-Gold Mafia, ekhitshwa ngumsakazo we-Al Jazeera, ngemva kokubika ukubana usebambela impahla yalabo abakhitshwe kulifilimu abaphatheka kunkohlakalo yokuthenga lokuthengisa igolide okungekho ethethweni, kusetshenziswa imali ezingcolileyo.
Ifilimu le isithinte abantu abanengi, abagoqela uMongameli uMnu. Emmerson Mnangagwa.
UMnu. Thabang Nare, ingcwethi kwezombusazwe, uthi, "Njengoba aMaNdebele esitsho ukuthi 'sizwe elikantulo'. Okwakuqala okwaphumayo yikuthi uhulumende waphuma ezonde kakhulu ukuthi kwethulelwani lokhu okuhambelana leGold Mafia. Lokhu kwenza abantu bacabangele ukuthi uhulumende kade engafisi ukuthi imfihlakalo leyo yazakale nguzulu."
UMnu. Believe Gaule, ilunga lebandla le-ZANU-PF, njalo owake wamela iTsholotsho edale leSenate yena uthi,"Abantu labo abatsho njalo ukuthi kuvalwa abantu amehlo; kuyadanisa mamazala ngoba eqinisweni lonke, nxa sikhanela asike sithini abantu babekezele, babone ukuthi kuyini okwenziwayongawonalowu umsebenzi oqalwa nguhulumende, owokuthi kujeziswe labo abatholakala bephatheka kudaba lolu olwendaba ze-gold. yolu-smuggler kwe-gold okukhulunywayo; okuphumayo."
Omunye wabaphuma kufilimu le nguMnu. Eubert Angel, omele eleZimbabwe jikelel eseBhilithane, othi uMnangagwa wazi konke ngokuthenga lokuthengisa igolide ngudlu.