In a country that is rife with corruption, with the national police being touted as being the worst (Violet Gonda, 2011), it is comforting to know that there are a few good police officers who still believe in doing the right thing.
Map Of Zimbabwe (Is This Africa?, 2012)
Three police officers in the capital city of Harare, where recently hailed as model employees after turning down a bribe offer of US$93 000 from five men who intended to smuggle 15 kgs of gold across the border to South Africa (Mbanje, 2012). The officers, working on a tip, started investigating the five smugglers who smelted the gold down and hid it in compartments in their vehicle. The vehicle was then to be driven by two of the accused, into South Africa and the gold sold on the black market.
Zimbabwe Police (Karimakwenda, 2012)
After police apprehended the would-be drivers, their counterparts came to the police station intending on bribing the officers to let their colleagues go. The bribe money was kept as evidence. Because of the high levels of corruption, there are watchdogs that have come up with an innovative way to dial down the corruption and this is through online reporting (Heritage Foundation, 2010).
I Paid A Bribe website (OAfrica, 2012)
A website called I Paid A Bribe was hatched and this is to allow members of the public to report any incidents where they were asked to pay a bribe for services. With the help of the public and government awareness, corruption will definitely be on the way down.
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