Zimbabwe's corruption watchdogs and government agencies kicked off a two-day workshop in Harare to crunch numbers for their annual SADC accountability report. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is running the show alongside the courts, prosecutors, police, and civil society groups like Transparency International Zimbabwe to compile stats on how the country handled graft cases over the past year.
This marks the third time they've assembled one of these regional reports, and it tracks 17 different metrics like money laundering prosecutions, corruption convictions, prevention training, and whether the government actually has a strategy to tackle bribery. The monitoring manager says they're racing to submit everything by early next month for review by ministers across southern Africa.
Civil society reps acknowledged seeing more corruption cases actually make it to trial, which they say shows the system might be working better than before.
This marks the third time they've assembled one of these regional reports, and it tracks 17 different metrics like money laundering prosecutions, corruption convictions, prevention training, and whether the government actually has a strategy to tackle bribery. The monitoring manager says they're racing to submit everything by early next month for review by ministers across southern Africa.
Civil society reps acknowledged seeing more corruption cases actually make it to trial, which they say shows the system might be working better than before.
