Five workers at the Harare municipality used fake super-user credentials to steal over ZiG500,000 from city accounts across just a few days, and they hit around 40 different client accounts during the digital heist. Mayor Jacob Mafume called out the IT manager at a council meeting and demanded a full investigation while pointing out that the city keeps bleeding cash because it still doesn't have proper financial software in place.
Finance director Godfrey Kusangaya admitted the enterprise resource planning system, which would actually prevent this kind of mess, will not go live until January 2026, even though paperwork got signed already. Harare has been running on outdated systems that make it super easy for people to manipulate records and change billing info, and a recent commission of inquiry already exposed millions of dollars disappearing through various fraud schemes, while city services continue falling apart.
Finance director Godfrey Kusangaya admitted the enterprise resource planning system, which would actually prevent this kind of mess, will not go live until January 2026, even though paperwork got signed already. Harare has been running on outdated systems that make it super easy for people to manipulate records and change billing info, and a recent commission of inquiry already exposed millions of dollars disappearing through various fraud schemes, while city services continue falling apart.
