THE compelling anti-corruption speeches delivered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and vice president Constantino Chiwenga at the recent Zanu PF annual conference in Mutare, though politically astute, must now be judged against the yardstick of action. The statements, particularly the president’s firm rejection of “corruption, corruption, corruption” and the vice president’s call for “genuine” economic empowerment…

When the president uses terms like “corruption of any kind, has no place,” and speaks of an expectation for the party to be “emphatic on these matters,” it must be seen as more than mere conference posturing.
