Trust Freddy
Herald Correspondent
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is ending all manual, paper-based administrative operations in favour of advanced digital tracking systems designed to seal corruption loopholes and accelerate the recovery of stolen public assets.
Speaking at the official opening of the 2027 ZACC Strategic Planning Review Workshop in Masvingo yesterday, ZACC Chairperson Mr Michael Reza announced that technology will serve as the anti-graft body’s primary enabler to counter increasingly sophisticated, digital, and borderless economic crimes.
Running under the theme: “Cascading our Vision, Innovating our Future: Refuse, Resist and Report Corruption,” the review workshop focuses on embedding cutting-edge software solutions across all operational units and provincial hubs.
Key among the technological tools being deployed across the Commission are the Electronic Case Management Information System (ECMIS), the ZACC Compliance Dashboard, the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), and specialised Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Dashboards.
Addressing commissioners, executive leadership, and operational officers, Mr Reza stated that digital transition is no longer optional if ZACC is to effectively deliver on its national mandate under National Priority Area 10 of the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS2).
“The landscape of corruption is evolving; it is becoming more sophisticated, more digital, and more borderless,” Mr Reza said.
“Our enforcement and prevention mechanisms must evolve faster. The era of manual, tedious processes is ending.
“As we review our plans, we must fully embrace the rollout of the ZACC Compliance Dashboard, the Electronic Case Management Information System (ECMIS), the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), and our M&E Dashboards.”
The chairperson stressed that the digital platforms are tailored to streamline case management, eliminate administrative delays, and remove human bottlenecks that previously stalled investigations.
“Technology should not be a burden; it should be an enabler,” Mr Reza added. “These systems are designed to ease your workload, track our collective progress transparently, and eliminate administrative bottlenecks so that you can focus on the core mandate of fighting corruption.”
Mr Reza challenged the investigative, intelligence, and prevention teams participating in the workshop sessions to harness the new digital infrastructure to track illicit financial flows and secure concrete legal outcomes.
“I challenge the teams in this room: as you review the 2027 annual plans, find ways to leverage these digital tools to seal loopholes, accelerate asset recovery, and enhance our intelligence-led investigations,” he said.
The technological shift is expected to directly drive ZACC’s ambitious operational targets set for 2027.
These include seizing US$10 million in ill-gotten assets, securing a 75 percent conviction rate, achieving a 60 percent case referral success rate, and raising institutional compliance across public entities to 68 percent.
