BY NOKUTHABA DLAMINI
In a bid to tackle corruption head-on, Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) Commissioner General Regina Chinamasa recently addressed a meeting with VicFallsLive, emphasizing the organization’s zero-tolerance stance on corruption and urging citizens to join the fight.
During the meeting, Chinamasa highlighted the risks of corruption and its far-reaching impact on the economy.
“Given the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority issues, we have the risks coming in the form of corruption and as an authority we’ve got zero tolerance to corruption,” she said.
The meeting provided a platform for Chinamasa to share ZIMRA’s strategy in combating corruption, including awareness-raising among staff members and investigating and prosecuting cases of corruption.
She cited a recent case of a civil servant involved in corruption and fraud, where assets procured through ill-gotten proceeds were identified and are now subject to attachment.
Chinamasa appealed to citizens to resist and report cases of corruption, emphasizing that ZIMRA officers are public servants who are already paid and should not accept bribes.
“My message is to say it takes two to tangle, without an inducement my officers can not be corrupt, so I appeal to the citizens of Zimbabwe not to pay for service provision by ZIMRA because we are public servants and we are already paid, so resist, report cases of corruption, please do not induce bribes to our officers because at the end of the day we have a nation to build.”
