And finally… golden girl

On Monday, airport scanners picked up 6kg of gold valued at £280,000 in the handbag of Henrietta Rushwaya, who is head of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation.

According to local reports, Steven Tserayi, one of the president’s long-term aides, was detained with her.

Ms Rushwaya appeared in court yesterday and allegedly told officers she was acting as a mule for a licensed dealer in Harare called Ali Japan and was due to hand the gold to “an unidentified person” in Dubai.

The gold did not have the paperwork required for its export, The Times reports.

Ms Rushwaya has not yet made a statement on the charges.