Zimbabwe: South African Company Embroiled in R570m Zimbabwe Corruption Scandal

A Johannesburg printing firm and its agent are being investigated by Zimbabwe's anti-corruption authority for price gouging on election-related material and equipment.

Listen to this article 7 min Listen to this article 7 min Zimbabwe is no stranger to corruption. But the brazen nature of theengulfing the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission has outraged the country. A Johannesburg printing firm and its agent, a larger-than-life tenderpreneur, are Leaked documents suggest the printing firm, Ren-Form, inflated the price of ballot papers, biometric voter registration kits and portable toilets while its politically connected partner, Wicknell Chivayo, made payments to mystery officials. In one instance, Ren-Form invoiced the ZEC R23-million for a server that normally costs just R90,000.

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