Corrupt officials off the hook yet again (21-06-07)

rt Mpofu.
He was implicated in the corruption scandal that rocked the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) as Mugabe once again sat on the report by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Mpofu was fined Z$100 000 by parliament after being found guilty of prevarication, a euphemism for lying, but otherwise cleared of corruption charges.
The Zimbabwean has heard from a source in the Anti-Corruption Commission that the Zisco scandal was investigated and a report implicating Mpofu as well as other senior government officials was submitted to the president’s office “a long time ago”.
Vice president Joice Mujuru and minister for rural housing Emmerson Mnangagwa were also reported were also reported at the time to have been implicated in the report.
A government minister, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that such a the report was submitted to Mugabe a long time ago, but nothing had been done about it. Mugabe has been vowing to fight corruption as one of the major ills out of his regime’s mismanagement, but without taking effective action against top officials implicated in corrupt activities.
The corruption at the steel company prejudiced it of huge amounts of money in both local and foreign currency with allegations that government officials, including some without any link to it, were going on trips trips at the expense of the company. – Itai Dzamara