1 in 5 women die from child birth in Zimbabwe; this is according to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare. The ministry also expressed concern over the rising maternal deaths recorded in various parts of the country . Latest statistics from the ministry indicates...
While a lot of media, political and public attention has been on grand corruption, petty level corruption in the form of bribery has been ignored and undermined. Transparency International defines bribery as the offering, promising, giving, accepting or soliciting of an advantage as an inducement...
Rural poverty remains a cause for concern for a developing country such as Zimbabwe. The poverty surveys in Zimbabwe since 2003 have been recording an exponential growth of poverty from 25 percent to over 70 percent levels. Rural areas have shown acute levels of poverty...
In 2013, Zimbabwe adopted a new constitution, Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 and for the first time it clearly sets out the declaration of rights and other fundamental rights. Socio economic rights are enshrined in the declaration of rights. Socio economic rights...
Recently Transparency International Zimbabwe took part at the World Bank Conference and had the opportunity to present a paper on Land Corruption and the New Urban Agenda using Harare and Johannesburg as case studies. Issues that emerged during the conference highlighted that urbanization remains one of...
Published in the Newsday. Legal practitioners are key actors in the legal system and as ministers in the temple of justice have a crucial role to play in the fight against corruption. Section 63 of the Legal Practitioners Act provides that: “A lawyer shall uphold and...
Published in the Newsday 15 march 2017 Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Women’s Day on the 8th of March 2017 under the theme #BeBoldForChange. Sadly, the impact of corruption on women remains least explored and discussed by key developmental and...
Published in the Newsday on March 22 2017 The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has begun the roll-out of the Bio-metric Voter Registration (BVR) in preparation for the 2018 harmonized elections. BVR incorporates total automatic data capturing with advanced technology from captured digital images of voter forms....
The TI Z Board notes with concern the publication of malicious articles ostensibly aimed at ‘exposing the rot’ of corruption at the institution. The articles, authored by Mr Byron Mutingwende, make unsubstantiated allegations of corruption, cronyism, nepotism and other accusations only meant to deliberately damage...
Extract BM: Corruption at Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) reads like a script from a Hollywood movie yet that organisation is expected to promote accountability and good governance. There had been numerous reports of graft but no one ever had the opportunity and zeal to fully...
By Byron Mutingwende The poor and the vulnerable are at the receiving end of urban land corruption, as the vice carries with it a plethora of problems that endanger citizens’ wellbeing. This emerged at a policy dialogue under the Ethics and Accountability Forum, a platform facilitated by...
As Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ), we place the blame for typhoid outbreak on the corrupt allocation of land by politicians at variance with local authorities’ physical and spatial planning. Over the last decade or so, land barons and politicians have been colluding to parcel out land...
By Byron Mutingwende Corruption remains high in the informal sector despite spirited efforts by Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) to address the vice. Cross-border traders said on Friday 2 December 2016 that there is rampant corruption at the borders, especially following the enactment of the Statutory Instrument (SI)...
By Byron Mutingwende Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ), through its Community Mobilisation and Advocacy (CMA) unit has targeted community-based organisations (CBOs) to capacitate their leaders to be able to train their members to craft initiatives to fight against corruption. Speaking at the Methodist Women’s Centre in Epworth during...
By Byron Mutingwende Parliamentarians play a crucial role in curbing corruption through creating legislation that enhances access to justice and fair distribution of resources. The Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC), a unit of Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) led by its Team Leader, Danai Mabuto engaged the...
BY Tariro Guwira Mutare- Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has called for the digitalisation of the land registry system after a survey revealed that 60 percent of people in Mutare paid a bribe to access land at City Council. Speaking at a Land Corruption Stakeholder dialogue meeting last week...
By Tariro Guwira Mutare- Ministry of small and medium enterprises (SME’S) and Transparency International in Zimbabwe has launched a survey to sweep out bogus housing cooperatives that have duped desperate and innocent people their money. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting last week Mutare District Co-operatives Development officer in...
By Byron Mutingwende The Zimbabwe Manpower Development (ZIMDEF) scandal brought to the spotlight the political dynamics, appointments and issues of transparency and accountability in public finance management in far as dealing with corruption is concerned. Speaking at a policy dialogue dubbed “The Political Economy of Corruption and...
By Byron Mutingwende The demolition of houses that belonged to thousands of people settled at Morecambe area in Harare South Constituency on Wednesday 26 October 2016 near the Mbudzi People’s Market brought to the fore the susceptibility of the land governance system to corruption. The demolitions come...
By Byron Mutingwende The government involvement and commitment to the United Nations systems coupled with the support of the development partners, civil society organisations, national associations, the media and community leaders and members will lead to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In his statement...