Mutswatiwa was speaking at a one-day conference to commemorate World Accreditation Day in Zimbabwe.
Tackling the topic "Regulator's expectations from accreditation", Mutswatiwa said there was unethical behaviour in many organisations including government, despite the fact that these "people should be professionals".
"It is a jungle out there," he said, departing from his prepared speech, which he did not read.
"There are hyenas who come to eat beasts that have been killed by someone else. Medical doctors have a good reputation and when you go to them for a medical report they first ask you for what you need it for.
"If it (the medical report) is for a job interview they give you a good report. If it is for an application maybe for a visa they also give you a good report."
Mutswatiwa said if individuals did not "pay" the doctor or inspector, they would not receive the "good report".
He said there was a lot of equipment failure in Zimbabwe and thus it was difficult to carry out thorough inspections which ultimately affected the "credibility of the results".
As a way forward, Mutswatiwa said a "professional inspection body" should be put in place. "There must be a culture of belonging. Government officials who are said to be corrupt must also be accredited first by the SAZ."
The Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ), currently led by Eve Gahadzikwa, accredits firms in Zimbabwe.
Gahadzikwa, in an exclusive interview, said the applications at SAZ were "increasing" and companies were now taking her organisation very seriously.
"We do not just remove firms from our list because we like to do so but because it is our job," she said.
"People think we love removing them from our list, but we do this as a job like all other regulating bodies."
SAZ removes firms that do not adhere to their "stringent" regulations when they inspect their facilities and discover wrongdoing or poor products on sale to the public.
More than 90 firms have been removed from the SAZ "list" for failing to adhere to their regulations as part of the ISO’s stringent regulations.
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