The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has taken the fight against corruption in Harare to a new level, seizing luxury vehicles belonging to the wives of imprisoned Harare town clerk Hosiah Chisango, Newsday has reported . This move, which comes just weeks after Chisango’s arrest, is seen as a significant step in the ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption within the City of Harare. The ZACC believes the vehicles were purchased by Chisango using funds obtained through corrupt activities at Town House.
Chisango was arrested last month over a US$9,2 million streetlights deal and is currently languishing in remand prison after failing to secure bail . He faces a criminal abuse of office charge alongside four other council workers for awarding a contract to Juluka Endo Joint Venture, owned by businessman Moses Mpofu, who is also in remand prison. The scandal revolves around a tender for the rehabilitation of street lighting along Harare’s roads, a project undertaken in preparation for the upcoming 44th Southern African Development Committee (SADC) summit scheduled for this coming weekend in the capital.
The tender, advertised in the Government Gazette in March, attracted bids from eleven companies, including Juluka. The arrest of the Town Clerk, who ultimately oversees the city’s operations, highlights the deep-seated corruption that has plagued the city’s administration for years. Allegations of tender manipulation and abuse of power have become incr.