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Solani Moyo, a senator for Matabeleland South Province (CCC) has accused the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) of failing to execute its mandate of fighting graft, adding that its officers are equally corrupt.
In a not so shocking development that confirms that Zimbabwe has weaker systems of law and idle democratic institutions, the country has been ranked among the most corrupt countries again.
GOVERNMENT last year overspent by more than $2 billion without seeking parliamentary approval, while various departments and local authorities flagrantly flouted accounting procedures, Auditor-General Mildred Chiri has said.
With President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration desperate to restore public trust, a senior government official has said the anti-corruption dragnet has been extended to cover all judicial officers, among them judges.
The trial of former Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa and his former permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga yesterday failed to kick-off for the third time.
The recent arrest of Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo has thrust the spotlight back on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s corruption fight.
By Sij Ncube Rampant corruption, economic and political instability are thwarting Zimbabwe’s competitiveness on the global market which is a major impediment to Harare’s desperate efforts to attract direct foreign investment (FDI). The government has launched an ambitious national image branding initiative intended to spruce up President Robert Mugabe’s and his Zanu PF regime’s battered international […]
By Fungi Kwaramba and Tendai Kamhungira Zimbabweans have pooh-poohed President Robert Mugabe’s pledge on Thursday that he will not shield senior Zanu PF and government officials fingered in corruption from prosecution, with critics, saying the nonagenarian completely lacks the political will to deal with the worsening scourge. This comes as more senior government and Zanu PF […]
President Robert Mugabe has reportedly given the green light for law enforcement agencies to arrest senior State and public officials who engage in corrupt activities, with the courts able to jail them for up to five years upon conviction. According to a report in the State owned but Zanu PF controlled Sunday Mail newspaper, President […]
By Cyril Zenda “Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other,” wrote Oscar Ameringer (1870-1943), a German-American editor and social activist who made a career out of warning the public of the dangers of trusting politicians. In the […]