CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have urged the government to immediately enact a Whistleblower Protection Act in the face of mounting sleaze cases in the public service and State-owned companies.
BY PAIDAMOYO MUZULU SENIOR REPORTER
CSO representatives made the plea during a Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd)-organised workshop in Harare on Wednesday.
The calls came in the wake of recent multi-million-dollar corruption and obscene salary exposés at parastatals.
Transparency International Zimbabwe representative Themba Mahleka said: “The government should move with haste to enact legislation that protects whistleblowers particularly against corrupt activities involving large amounts of money.”
Mahleka added that the country was losing $42 million annually through smuggling of gold and corrupt activities at the porous border posts.
Afrodad official Tafadzwa Chikumbu said: “Zimbabwe has lost a cumulative $12 billion in the past three decades through illegal commercial activities, tax evasion and secret financial deals.”
Media and social justice activist Takura Zhangazha added that media practitioners had a significant role to play in exposing corruption at private and public institutions.
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The workshop resolved that Zimbabwe should strengthen its tax evasion laws to include tax avoidance and make company executives culpable in their personal capacities.
