“As you might know Zacc and the police are more of one entity in fighting such corrupt elements, worse still when there is a specific law that criminalises such acts,” said Mr Makamure.Īffirmative Action Group Matabeleland Chapter president Mr Reginald Shoko took a swipe at the landlords saying such people were not only bleeding the economy but were contributing to the suffering of Zimbabweans. “What is happening is that we are working with the police in monitoring this therefore we encourage members of the public to either approach our officials or their nearest police station. Zacc spokesperson Mr John Makamure says that while the monitoring of rental charges was not their primary mandate, they were, however, working with the police to ensure the implementation of Statutory Instrument 213 of 2019 which criminalises the charging in forex without seeking such a mandate from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. “The NPA takes over and presents the case before a magistrate and someone apparently looks like they are being released, it’s because there are so many laws that are there,” she said.However, Zacc has reiterated the Government’s stance that the foreign currency demands were illegal. “ZACC is mandated to carry out investigations, so ZACC only investigates cases of corruption and once the cases have been completed ZACC then refers the cases to the National Prosecuting Authority. Unfortunately, it’s not ZACC’s responsibility alone,” said ZAAC Commissioner, Thandiwe Mlobani. “It’s true that the public has raised this concern about catch and release and they have attributed it to ZACC. To stave off criticism ZAAC is on record saying its mandate is to investigate while the National Prosecution Authority prosecutes. Having cited Chiwenga and his business associates as having helped her in her dealings it appears an out of court settlement is being negotiated to preclude the public from getting more information on Chiwenga’s deals.Ĭritics say ZAAC would have never prosecuted Marry had she not fallen out of favour with Chiwenga.
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The Marry Chiwenga trial is another case in point. While recently former Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira is facing charges of abusing US$95 million emanating from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) forensic audit report. In 2018 former minister of Energy, Samuel Undenge was also charged for prejudicing ZPC of US 12, 000. This is a criticism against their failure to secure convictions during the criminal prosecution of suspects.Ĭorruption cases of high profile figures that collapsed include Ignatius Chombo who was charged on more than three counts of corruption, including attempting to fleece the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in 2004, when he was local government minister. ZAAC has often been accused of employing the catch and release strategy.
“That will also assist with expertise, address capacity issues, we have an MOU with financial intelligence unit within the RBZ so that when it comes to unpacking the complex transactions in the financial sector, that unit can assist us,” said Makamure. “We are discussing with other international organisations that specialise in asset tracking and recovery so we are entering with those again. “They will be many MOUs with many others…since we came into office, we have an MOU with NPA, ZRP, judicial service commission, auditor general’s office, ZIMRA, and other countries like Botswana.
“This ZACC is you with other partners local and regional, this ZACC is determined, it’s serious about stakeholders’ engagement,” he said. Makamure said ZACC has set its eyes on linking up with stakeholder organisations within Zimbabwe as well the region to strengthen reach and efficiency.
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