ZINARA Bosses Award Themselves Illegal Car Exemptions

📅 Published: August 26, 2025

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In response, ZINARA management said a resolution was submitted to the Corporate Governance Unit and the ministry of transport “as required by law. ”
However, the OAG report noted no approval was granted, rendering the exemptions unlawful.

The Public Entities and Corporate Governance Act [Chapter 10:31] stipulates that no board member may receive benefits without ministerial clearance.

Section 14(1) states: “The Minister, with the approval of the Minister responsible for finance, and after consultation with the line Minister concerned, may by notice published in the Gazette specify the amount that may be received, by way of remuneration, allowances and other benefits, by members of the board of any public entity. ”
The Act goes further in Section 14(3), which provides: “Notwithstanding any other law, where a notice has been published in terms of subsection (1) fixing an amount to be received by members of any board, no such members shall be paid or given any remuneration, allowance or benefit in excess of the amount specified in the notice. ”
In addition, Section 14(8) reinforces Treasury oversight, stating: “This section shall not limit the obligation of an accounting officer or member of the Civil Service employed in a line Ministry to comply with section 51A (‘Separation of roles of appropriate Ministries and public entities’) of the Public Finance Management Act [Chapter 22:19] that is, to seek clearance from the Treasury before approving the remuneration or allowance of any member of a public entity. ”
Leading legal think tankVeritas media officer economic governance, Paidamoyo Muzulu, said although the Public Entities and Corporate Governance Act is meant to protect public funds and prevent abuse of office there is no political will to implement its provisions. “The Public Entities and Corporate Governance Act is a good piece of legislation for good corporate governance in Zimbabwe. “However, having a law and implementing it are two different things.

Zimbabwe still experiences poor leadership in state owned enterprises despite the Act,” said Muzulu. “There is still a lot of corruption, corporate sleaze and abuse of public funds as revealed by the Auditor General reports. “There seems to be no political will among those in government to see to it the full implementation and compliance of the law,” added Muzulu.

These irregular exemptions flagged by the OAG add to a string of financial governance failures at the road authority. 🔗

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