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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti (MDC), has described Zimbabwe\u2019s ruling elite as \u201croving bandits\u201d who are haemorrhaging the country of its wealth through corruption.<\/p>\n

In a virtual address on Sunday on corruption, the MDC Alliance vice president accused government officials of concentrating on accumulating personal wealth at the expense of ordinary citizens. Said Biti:<\/p>\n

Corruption in Zimbabwe is dominated by the roving bandits. The challenge with the Zimbabwean roving bandits is that they leave nothing for the ordinary citizen.<\/p>\n

That is why Zimbabwe is extremely poor when it is generating billions of dollars.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only them and their children who are benefiting when the majority are surviving on US$0,25 per day.<\/p>\n

Corruption has become the greatest threat that our country faces. It affects every sphere of Zimbabwean life.<\/p>\n

It has become a threat to the existence of Zimbabwe itself as a nation.<\/p>\n

Biti claimed that each year, gold worth US$1,5 billion is smuggled out of the country, mainly to South Africa and Dubai for the benefit of the elite.<\/p>\n

He added that Zimbabwe was losing other resources worth US$3 billion each year to corruption, excluding losses from illicit financial flows.<\/p>\n

The Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (ZACC) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) in President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s office are some of the bodies mandated to fight graft.<\/p>\n

However, critics have said the institutions are being used to fight the President political enemies, particularly SACU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti (MDC), has described Zimbabwe\u2019s ruling elite as \u201croving bandits\u201d who are haemorrhaging the country of its wealth through corruption. In a virtual address on Sunday on corruption, the MDC Alliance vice president accused government officials of concentrating on accumulating personal wealth at the expense of ordinary citizens. 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