{"id":11251,"date":"2019-07-15T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=11251"},"modified":"2019-07-15T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:11:19","slug":"zim-corruption-on-the-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-corruption-on-the-increase","title":{"rendered":"Zim corruption on the increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZIMBABWE is failing to exorcise the ghost of corruption as it has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries on the continent, a survey has revealed.<span id=\"more-3096224744027031\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Afrobarometer and Transparency International\u2019s 10th edition of the Global Corruption Barometer, 60% of Zimbabweans think that corruption levels have increased in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-one percent think that the government is doing a bad job in fighting corruption, while 25% of public service users paid a bribe in the past 12 months and 45% think the general public can make a difference in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>According to the survey, overall bribe rate has increased from 22% in 2015 to 25% in 2019. Other key institutions that have been dogged by corruption include public schools, public clinics and health centres, identity documents procurement and the police.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to 2015, there has been a 2% decrease on corruption with regards to the President\u2019s Office which now stands at 28% from the 30% in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Other institutions that are affected by corruption include legislators and government officials, local government officials, the police, judiciary, business executives and traditional leadership.<br \/>\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone have the highest percentage of public service users who paid a bribe in the previous 12 months, Mauritius, Botswana, Cabo Verde have the least incidences of bribes.<br \/>\nThe survey was conducted in 35 countries between September 2016 and September 2018, with 47 000 people aged 18 years and above, participating.<\/p>\n<p>Recommendations were that African governments should investigate, prosecute and sanction all reported cases of corruption, with no exception; Enforce international bribery laws, like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Officials; Ratify, implement and report on the African Union Convention to Prevent and Combat Corruption (AUCPCC); Establish public registers, in open data format, with information on the actual owners of private companies and trusts ; Adopt open contracting practices, which make data clearer and easier to analyse and develop minimum standards and guidelines for ethical procurement.<\/p>\n<p>The survey comes at a time when the government and Zanu PF are making efforts to name and shame corrupt officials within the rank and file of power.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Zanu PF officials including secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and other politburo members were named in a name and shame exercise by the party\u2019s youth wing.<\/p>\n<p>The youths also exposed senior government officials as being at the centre of corruption, prompting the Politburo to institute a commission of enquiry into the allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZIMBABWE is failing to exorcise the ghost of corruption as it has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries on the continent, a survey has revealed. 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