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The MDC-T has urged the government to ensure that the COVID-19 roll-out programme is done in a transparent manner and to safeguard it from being hijacked by powerful cartels.
In a statement after yesterday’s Standing Committee meeting held virtually, MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube said:
<blockquote>The Party would like to encourage the Ministry of Health and Child Care to prioritise the health sector and other key sectors of our nation to receive the vaccine in a transparent manner.
… Further, as corruption has become endemic in our society, adequate mechanics must be put in place to ensure that unscrupulous cartels do not highjack the process for their selfish means.</blockquote>
The MDC-T also called for a national dialogue that is genuine, inclusive and unconditional and for social, political and economic reforms as well as electoral reforms, among them, the Diaspora Vote. The statement read further:
<blockquote>In that regard, the Party also noted that there were certain legal and procedural issues relating to the interpretation of the constitutive document relating to POLAD, (the Code of Conduct) that need to be looked at first as a matter of urgency so as to make dialogue easier and more inclusive.</blockquote>

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MDC-T Urges Govt To Safeguard Vaccine From Cartels

An opinionist writing for the Review and Mail said its high time Zimbabwe put the president to task by demanding that he comes clean on the cartels that are reportedly wreaking havoc in the economy.
In the article, the columnist opined:
<blockquote>There are a number of things we could learn from South Africa. South Africa is Africa’s biggest democracy and acts it often, through an impressive array of demonstrations in governance, rule of law and political culture. The systems are there to enable a well-functioning democracy: a good constitution and strong institutions that hold the powerful of society to account. Probably the most prominent of these, as we have seen and got to appreciate increasingly over the years, are Parliament, the Public Protector and the Courts.
In the presence and functionality of these institutions, strong institutions for that matter, we have seen that the Big Man – Africa’s curse of rulers – has little power. Institutions are superior and inviolable. We are seeing this with former President Jacob Zuma. His travails with the law over corruption are the essence of institutions holding the elites to account. Even the incumbent, Cyril Ramaphosa has had a brush with forces of accountability and good governance, and this relating to his involvement with potentially compromising financial and funding links, that also point to his family. It is a safe bet that the long arm of the law may eventually catch up with Ramaphosa, too. Or he will be proven innocent. Either way, due process and rule of law are at play.
Another important layer in this wonderful praxis of democracy constitutes an active citizenry that demands to be well governed. The proviso, though, and this makes the world of difference, is that citizens are allowed to exercise their constitutional rights and exercise power over politicians, and some institutions and structures of society. Lastly, South Africa’s political system of regular and uncontested elections that are underlined smooth transfer of power. This contrasts deeply with what happens elsewhere and in the majority of the continent, and in particular, South Africa’s northern neighbour of Zimbabwe, which is the subject of this piece.
But allow us to put a valedictory note regarding South Africa. South Africa has done well economically and other human development indices because of its democracy, which underlines the truism that better governed countries with strong institutions and rule of law stand to perform better than repressive, closed or corrupt regimes. That is not to oversimplify things: we know that South Africa has its own troubles ranging for the democratic experiment itself to issues of inequalities that are at the centre of the notion of development. But it ticks some impressive boxes. These reflections are relevant to Zimbabwe.
Our main story centres around the acquisition of public service buses under the banner of Zupco, the parastatal that should be responsible for administering mass road transport system in the country. It used to be, from Rhodesian days, before it was run aground through mismanagement, corruption and asset stripping. Now that the idea of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_United_Passenger_Company">Zupco</a> and mass transportation is being revived to address some genuine socio-economic needs, it is ironic that there are grave concerns about ownership of the buses and general operationalisation of the scheme.
It must be stated clearly that the uncomfortable rumours about the President and or his henchmen having interest in the system are clearly unsettling. They should, and can, be read within the context of other allegations of the President’s allies such as <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kudakwashe_Tagwirei">Kuda Tagwirei</a> carving monopolies in forex allocation and fuels. Tagwirei has been widely regarded as wielding corrupting influence over the President and the ruling party. There are other cartels that have been alleged in sectors such as maize and gold. 
Suffice it to say, the so-called cartels have held this country hostage: it is like they are in a mood to smash and grab everything.
In a functional democracy these things must be probed and stopped. It is even discomfiting when the President’s name is dragged into the muck. He must come clean. He must also stop this menace because the world is watching. Rule of law – and arresting criminals including those that surround the President, as the joke goes – is a key benchmark for development. Investors will be watching.
On a more global scale, a country like Zimbabwe that is in transition is also expected to exhibit appetite to do right things in terms of democracy and human rights and freedoms. This will enhance our standing in the eyes of the global family of nations. No need mentioning that Zimbabwe has just drifted. We report elsewhere that the US has just gone into overdrive to sanction Zimbabwe and the basis of the escalation of hostilities is the latter’s bad image. It makes the job easier. Much easier</blockquote>
More: <a href="http://www.reviewandmail.com/2020/03/14/mnangagwa-must-come-clean-on-cartels-editorial/">Review And Mail </a>

OPINION: Mnangagwa Must Come Clean On Cartels

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Anti-Corruption_Commission" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC</a>) said it has identified dealers responsible for selling grain and mealie-meal on the black market resulting in severe shortages of the product on the formal market.
ZACC spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure told The Sunday Mail that the culprits, some who are high-profile people, will be arrested soon. He said:
<blockquote>There are intense investigations currently underway. Several arrests will be made soon. It is a matter receiving utmost attention from the commission.
Some of the culprits are high profile in terms of the quantum involved.
We always thoroughly investigate. Very soon you will see for yourself.</blockquote>
The government has pegged the price of subsided mealie-meal $70 for a 10kg bag, but the product is being sold for nearly double the official price.
Meanwhile, Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe chairperson <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tafadzwa_Musarara" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tafadzwa Musarara</a> was last week quizzed by Parliamentarians after he failed to account for US$27 million which the association received from the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Reserve_Bank_of_Zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe</a> to import wheat.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/net-closes-in-on-roller-meal-barons" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Sunday Mail</a></h4>

ZACC Ready To Pounce On Meal Mealie 'Cartel'

Clerk of Parliament <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kennedy_Chokuda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kennedy Chokuda</a> has directed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to ensure that Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairman <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tafadzwa_Musarara" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tafadzwa Musarara</a> appears before the committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement if he fails to do voluntarily.
Musarara has failed to appear before the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Justice_Mayor_Wadyajena" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justice Mayor Wadyajena</a>-chaired committee after he snubbed several invitations. In a letter directed to police on 14 February, Chokuda wrote:
<blockquote>You are hereby required and directed by Parliament of Zimbabwe on the sight hereto to summon Mr T. Musarara that he appears personally before the Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement that is inquiring into support services by the government of Zimbabwe into grain and wheat millers and the financing of silo repairs.</blockquote>
Parliament wants Musarara and his association to explain how they used US$27 million received from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for the importation of wheat.
This comes as ZANU PF youth league leaders accused Musarara of being a cartel leader responsible for running the country’s economy into the ground.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2020/02/24/clerk-of-parliament-directs-zrp-to-bring-maize-cartel-boss-before-committee/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZimLive</a></h4>

Parliament Threatens To Unleash Police On 'Cartel Boss'

Former ZANU PF <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zanu-PF_Politiburo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">politburo</a> member <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Saviour_Kasukuwere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saviour Kasukuwere</a> has heaped praise on the late former President Robert Mugabe while casting aspersions on his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Kasukuwere released a statement through his #tysonwabantu movement on the commemoration of the National Youth Day in which he characterised Zimbabwe’s current leaders as “the real narcissistic criminals”. He said:
<blockquote>The real criminals have turned your (Mugabe) vision into a horror of an impoverished nation at the mercy of cartels that have corrupted the centre and kill off our hopes.
There were never any ‘criminals around your Presidency’, were they? We realise now that they removed you because you kept their baser appetites at bay.
You were the incorruptible barrier against the real narcissistic criminals and their cartels that have now captured Zimbabwe.
It dawns upon us now that they removed you only so that their hardened criminal handlers could come close enough to capture the entire State’s value chain, from the ruling Party and its Politburo into government, cabinet, state institutions and agents paid off with cars and privatised salaries to allow and be complicit in the rape of our nation.</blockquote>
When the military launched a coup in November 2017, it claimed to have been targeting “criminals” (a euphemism for the ZANU PF <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/G40_(Zanu-PF_Faction)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">G40</a> faction) who had allegedly surrounded Mugabe.
Several former cabinet ministers fled the country fearing persecution by the new regime.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/kasukuwere-remembers-mugabe-taunts-ed-real-criminals/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Kasukuwere Applauds Mugabe, Taunts 'The Real Narcissistic Criminals'

Suspended former ZANU PF national political commissar <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Tsenengamu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Godfrey Tsenengamu</a> said Zimbabweans should bury their political differences and form a united front against corruption and cartels.
Tsenengamu told NewsDay that his call for national dialogue was misinterpreted as he is not seeking for a <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Government_of_National_Unity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Government of National Unity (GNU)</a> but for unity of purpose across the political divide to combat high-level graft. He said:
<blockquote>My view is that after launching the fight against corruption and cartels, l have noticed that people are divided along partisan lines and continue to view things from a partisan point of view.
Corruption is a national problem and must be fought by everyone, but that can’t be achieved in a highly polarised society like ours. We don’t have a shared common vision. We have no unity of purpose.</blockquote>
He added that fighting corruption in a polarised environment where you are either ZANU PF or <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/MDC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MDC</a> will not achieve much.
Tsenengamu’s “anti-corruption crusade” got himself in trouble with the ruling party as he was suspended from his powerful position in the youth league soon after he accused ZANU PF benefactors of corruption.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2020/02/dialogue-for-unity-not-gnu-tsenengamu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

Tsenengamu Calls On ZANU PF, MDC To Unite Against Cartels

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Patrick_Chinamasa">Patrick Chinamasa</a> addressing the issue of newly suspended Zanu Pf youth league officials said naming and shaming is not part of the Zanu PF policy.
Chinamasa speaking as the Zanu PF secretary for admin said naming and shaming that targets perceived corrupt successful business people was leaving the door open for extortionists and it was bad for business as it chased away potential investors.
Said the former finance minister:
<blockquote>Naming and shaming that targets perceived successful business people be they black or white, breeds fertile ground for extortionists, rent seeking behaviour and will have one outcome, that is haunting such people out of the country into exile which will not help this economy whose growth must be driven by local business people.
It is on the back of the local business people that foreign investors will invest in Zimbabwe and will feel that <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_is_Open_for_Business">Zimbabwe is open for business</a>. What this country needs for its economic success is entrepreneurship. If we can help to grow 10 or so<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Strive_Masiyiwa"> Strive Masiyiwa</a>s in each of our 10 provinces we would be on the road to meeting our President’s Vision 2030 target of becoming an upper middle income country, whose growth must be driven by local business people</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-naming-shaming-not-zanu-pf-policy-chinamasa/">The Herald </a>

Naming And Shaming That Targets Perceived Successful Business People Breeds Fertile Ground For Extortionists -  Zanu PF

The Zanu PF secretary for administration, former Finance Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Patrick_Chinamasa">Patrick Chinamasa</a> has said Zanu PF officials or Zanu PF people who hold offices can only express personal views that differ with the party’s policies at their own homes.
Speaking to the publication Chinamasa said:
<blockquote>…if such leaders hold any personal views on politics and public affairs and such personal views differ from the Party’s position and policies, they can only express such contrary views at their homes. Otherwise, they are not justified to complain where consequences follow their actions. Cadres in leadership positions cannot articulate in public statements which are contrary to party policies and positions</blockquote>
Chinamasa was referring to newly <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zanu-pf-politburo-suspends-matutu-tsenengamu/">suspended Zanu PF youth league officials Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu </a>who were suspended for <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zanu-pf-youths-name-looters-wreaking-havoc-on-the-economy/">naming corrupt cartels who they accused of wreaking havoc in the economy</a>.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-naming-shaming-not-zanu-pf-policy-chinamasa/">The Herald </a>

Zanu PF Officials Can Not Speak In Public In Their Individual Or Personal Capacities - Chinamasa

Suspended former ZANU PF Youth League secretary for the commissariat, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Tsenengamu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Godfrey Tsenengamu</a> has challenged leaders of political parties in Zimbabwe to choose either to be on the side of thieving cartels or the people.
Tsenengamu added that the fight against corruption should cut across the political divide as polarisation will be a hindrance in the struggle. He said:
<blockquote>Corruption is killing us especially the young. We commit to fight this scourge to the bitter end. The leadership has a choice to make either to be with the people or with thieving cartels. It is a defining moment. Suspensions and threats won’t silence us.
A divided nation won’t prosper. Parties are defending thieving members. We cant have a partisan approach to corruption. Polarization is taking us back and these leaders must break it for the national good. Simple.</blockquote>
Tsenengamu was suspended from the party together with deputy youth secretary Lewis Matutu after they accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kudakwashe_Tagwirei" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kudakwashe Tagwirei</a>, Billy Rautenbach and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tafadzwa_Musarara" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tafadzwa Musarara</a> of corruption that has run Zimbabwe’s economy aground.
<h4>More: <a href="https://twitter.com/GodfreyTsenaz/status/1227206805274554368" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GodfreyTsenaz</a></h4>

Tsenengamu Challenges Political Leaders To Choose Between Cartels Or The People

Suspended ZANU PF Youth League political commissar <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/02/11/accused-people-starving-in-police-cells/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Godfrey Tsenengamu</a> said he surrendered a Ford Ranger vehicle that he was given by the party for his use as a fulltime deployee.
Tsenengamu further denied accusations that he was being sponsored by the United States of America’s dreaded Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or by local politicians. He said:
<blockquote>When we started, I posted on Facebook saying desperate times (call for) desperate measures. I said it was too late to soil our names because we had picked it that when they sat, they agreed to create a conspiracy theory that we are being funded by the (Central Intelligence Agency) CIA and the Americans.
Some are saying we have been sent by ED (President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa), others are saying we have been sent by General (Constantino) Chiwenga, others are saying we have been sent by Tyson waBantu (<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Saviour_Kasukuwere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saviour Kasukuwere</a>), others are saying we have been sent by (Christopher) Mutsvangwa and we now have others saying we have been sent by the CIA and others say Temba Mliswa is sending us…</blockquote>
Tsenengamu was suspended from the party together with deputy youth secretary Lewis Matutu after they accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kudakwashe_Tagwirei" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kudakwashe Tagwirei</a>, Billy Rautenbach and Tafadzwa Musarara of corruption that has run Zimbabwe’s economy aground.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2020/02/axed-zanu-pf-youths-defiant-deny-cia-links/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

Tsenengamu Surrenders Ford Ranger To ZANU PF, Denies Links To CIA

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kudakwashe_Tagwirei" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kudakwashe Tagwirei</a> has become Zimbabwe’s de facto Minister of Finance, according to MDC vice president <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tendai_Biti" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tendai Biti</a>.
Biti also named a number of businessmen he believes are at the centre of the cartels running Zimbabwe’s economy into the ground. He told NewZimbabwe.com’s current affairs programme, The Agenda, on Monday:
<blockquote>The economy has been taken over by cartels in the form of Kuda Tagwirei, in the form of Sakunda, in the form of Trafigura in the form of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Billy_Rautenbach" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billy Rautenbach</a> in the form of Van Hoogstraten, in the form of John Bredenkamp and other cartels that are running this economy.
They are controlling Command Agriculture, it’s sad and they are also controlling the Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry of Finance has been taken over by those cartels, Kuda Tagwirei has taken over the Ministry of Finance in Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
While President Emmerson Mnangagwa has often preached against graft, corruption has moved to another level since he came to power on the back of a military coup in November 2017.
A few high-ranking officials have been arrested and released and not a single one of them has been convicted.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/biti-labels-kuda-tagwirei-de-facto-finance-minister/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Biti Names Cartels That Have 'Taken Over' Finance Ministry

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Anti-Corruption_Commission" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (ZACC)</a> says cartels fuelling corruption are well-known and need to be broken.
ZACC spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure urged all those with evidence against the cartels to bring it forward so that they can be nailed. He said:
<blockquote>The issue of cartels, we fully agree as Zacc that corruption is fuelled by cartels. So, we need to break those cartels. We can only break the cartels if one: there is a national consensus in the country on what the causes of corruption are and accepting the existence of cartels as a reality.
That is the only way in which stakeholders and citizens can report to Zacc suspected cases of corruption because cartels are well known. What Zacc and other law enforcement agents are looking for is evidence that we can then use during our investigations and compile dockets. Again, it’s a stakeholder issue.</blockquote>
Recently, ZANU PF youth league leaders accused oil mogul <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kudakwashe_Tagwirei" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kudakwashe Tagwirei</a>, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tafadzwa_Musarara" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tafadzwa Musarara</a> and Billy Rautenbach of being behind the cartels.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zacc-npa-to-fight-cartels/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

We Know The Cartels But We Need Evidence To Break Them - ZACC

Head of the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/National_Prosecuting_Authority" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)</a>, Kumbirai Hodzi, on Monday said cartels were responsible for corrupt activities that have negatively impacted on the economy.
Hodzi made the remarks while speaking on the sidelines of a <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> anti-corruption capacitation workshop in Bulawayo. He said:
<blockquote>The cartels are responsible for most of the high-level incidences of corruption and the nature of the cartels cuts across all the institutions, the media, the legal profession, the judiciary, the NPA itself and all other institutions that are mandated to fight corruption. Members of the public and business people are also involved in those cartels.
… they [the cartels] have got strategies and you need to have a holistic and integrated bi-scientific approach. You need to know exactly what you are doing at the end of the day. It’s like performing brain surgery, you might be emotional that somebody needs to be operated on.</blockquote>
Hodzi called for collaboration between the police, judiciary and the Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (ZACC) to effectively deal with corruption.
Recently, ZANU PF youth league leaders accused oil mogul <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kudakwashe_Tagwirei" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kudakwashe Tagwirei</a>, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara and Billy Rautenbach of being behind the cartels.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zacc-npa-to-fight-cartels/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

'Cartels Have Captured The Media, Lawyers, Courts & Prosecutors'

The ZANU PF Youth League has vowed to expose corrupt captains of industry and Zanu PF bigwigs it says are working with cartels to sabotage the economy.
Zanu PF youth league deputy secretary and Politburo member, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lewis_Matutu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lewis Matutu</a>, who has been at the forefront of the so-called anti-corruption crusade said it was now time they speak out. He said:
<blockquote>If we keep quiet, we become accomplices, because when you are in leadership, you have to act to protect the nation and the people and that time has come for us to again step up that fight against corruption.
It is our responsibility as young people to end this cancer called corruption. Corruption has taken so many things away from our country.
We have been disadvantaged for so many years because we have a few individuals with long (fingers). It is not easy to talk about it, but it’s possible.
This Monday, we have a big bombshell. We are going to stand our ground and tell them that enough is enough.</blockquote>
Last year Matutu released a list with names of alleged corrupt individuals, among them Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/John_Mangudya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Mangudya</a> and party secretary for administration <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obert_Mpofu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obert Mpofu</a>.
Apart from the setting up of a Zanu PF commission to investigate the corruption allegations and submit a report by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, nothing has been done.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2020/02/gloves-off-in-zanu-pf-fights/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

ZANU PF Youths To "Drop Huge Bombshell"

<blockquote>Is the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe part of the cartel or an accomplice? Zimbabwe’s problems started in the banking service when a total of 20 Banks closed in the last 20 years. That is one bank every year!!!
Zimbabwe’s currency has changed several times with the latest being the ZWL depositors have lost millions of dollars due to bank closures, yet no one has been arrested or convicted.
It is in the public domain who the thieving directors &amp; executives are. Zim’s problem is not the cartels only but the Reserve Bank of Zim(RBZ) which is Zim’s central bank.
The role of the central bank is to control the money supply in Zimbabwe’s economy. It is responsible for issuing currency on behalf of the government. These are two problems that Zimbabwe is suffering from.
It is common knowledge that financial services collapsed in Zimbabwe due to executives, directors, managers &amp; well-connected politicians taking depositors’ funds as insider loans,non-performing loans(NPLs) but never bothered to pay back.
This is a typical case of the greedy robbing the poor and doing it with impunity. This process has now moved from the financial services to the central bank.
The so-called cartels have access to the banks and have now grown their tentacles to a stage that they now have access to the central bank coffers and can now operate their thieving activities with impunity.
If only the state had arrested the banking executives who looted depositors funds that led to bank closures this rot would not have moved to RBZ which has now been captured by the so-called cartels.
In November 2016 the former CEO of DPC John Chikura said they were suing former directors of Interfin for USD$136 million. However, this promise was never fulfilled.
If a listed bank, Interfin could be looted until its coffers were empty, yet RBZ was the supervisor and the bank was audited twice a year and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) also taking a supervisory role. It should scare the living daylight on what is happening at our RBZ!
This obvious corporate corruption is not only harmful to the financial service but the economy and our moral fabric as well. Zimbabweans, in general, have so much mistrust in the financial and banking systems in Zimbabwe today.
Corporate corruption is now a disease especially if it’s perceived to be happening at the central bank and something must be done urgently to get rid of the disease, otherwise, all the efforts to try and sanitise our economy will never yield any desirable results.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://twitter.com/lilomatic/status/1223941255035596804" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lilomatic</a></h4>

Linda Masarira: RBZ At The Centre Of Zimbabwe's Problems {Full Thread}

The government is said to have unearthed the monopolies and cartels that are fuelling the rampant price hikes currently being experienced in the food industry.
Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu told State media that a snap survey carried out by the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) unearthed the evil deeds of monopolies particularly of sugar, poultry and dairy products. He said:
<blockquote>Monopolies are a big problem in our economy, they stifle innovation; you can see what is happening in our economy in terms of monopolies.
CTC did a snap survey and the full report, at the moment, is confidential. However, they found out that the food sector, in particular, is monopolised to the extent that they control and manipulate prices on the market.
They have also given recommendations which we have started instituting that is why you see that the Government recently approved the Zimbabwe National Industrial Development Policy to promote competitiveness.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the Consumer Protection Bill will reportedly be signed into law next month.
The law will among other things, criminalise conditional selling of goods by retailers and manufacturers as well as making it an offence for retailers to fail to display prices of goods on shelves.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/just-in-measures-to-arrest-prices-and-monopolies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

Govt Identifies Monopolies Manipulating Prices In The Food Sector

In a move meant to destroy the power of cartels in the medicinal drugs sector, the government has engaged Indian companies to establish in-country warehouses in Zimbabwe.
This was revealed by the Minister of Health and Child Care, Obadiah Moyo.
He was presenting oral evidence to the Thematic Committee on HIV and Aids in Parliament on Monday. He said:
<blockquote>The more companies that we are able to bring, the lower the costs will be because there will be competition.
Talking of cartels, in the pharmaceutical industry, we will get rid of them by having more of the Indian players.
… What we realised is that to curb unscrupulous elements in the pharmaceutical industry, we have to bring the manufacturers into the country.
There is actually a team coming from India in the coming days to assess the working environment for bonded warehouses.</blockquote>
Moyo said that the government will work on capacitating local drug manufacturers, that is, Caps, Datlabs, Varichem among others.
Chairperson of the Thematic Committee Senator Morgan Femai (MDC-A) said that the committee was pleased by the manner in which the government was intending to deal with the challenges facing the pharmaceutical sector.
<h4>More:<a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/govt-acts-on-drug-cartels/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> The Herald</a></h4>

'Drug Cartels To Be Dismantled As We Bring Indian Players' - Health Minister

The government has shied away from confronting what it calls “cartels” responsible for wreaking havoc in the economy.
Instead of taking the cartels head-on, a senior official said that the government will instead, engage them.
Speaking to the media after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday in Harare, Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said:
<blockquote>We have the Competition and Tariffs Commission, which is a body charged with making sure that competition is promoted in our economy.
By nature, cartels operate covertly which is why you will find that in the principles, we are coming up with proposals to have a leniency programme so that we can make use of players who are in the cartels to provide information.
Ordinarily, we might want to talk more about monopolies because cartels are very difficult to break or identify.
It is apparent that there is a network of companies, individuals colluding for especially price fixing and product supply.</blockquote>
When asked by journalists to name some of the cartels holding the country to ransom, Ndlovu said:
<blockquote>The whole idea is not to target people to say by investigating. The best approach is to come up with measures that promote competition, that break these monopolies, no one is being investigated specifically, we are looking at sectors.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/economy-burns-gvt-to-engage-cartels/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe.com</a></h4>

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