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ALAC update - April 2010
Transparency International - Zimbabwe (TI-Z)
May 07, 2010

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In April 2009, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) officially launched the Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC). The successful launch and roll out of the ALAC project has revitalized the fight against corruption in Zimbabwe by providing both institutions and individuals with a viable alternative to report corruption complaints, suggest ways of curbing corruption and obtain relevant information on anti-corruption prevention.

The Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre seeks to empower male and female citizens to demand transparency, accountability and integrity and promote the fight against corruption. ALAC provides free legal aid services to victims and witnesses of corruption and generates public education and prevention strategies based on TI-Z's in-depth understanding of corruption in Zimbabwe. The complaints brought to ALAC provide an excellent snapshot of corruption as it is experienced by the public and we analyse and collate the data we collect on a monthly basis to enable us to understand the challenges that Zimbabwe still faces in combating corruption

As ALAC celebrates its first anniversary, we are proud to report to the public that significant work has been accomplished, both in terms of developing a clear understanding of corruption through statistical breakdown and analysis and in terms of taking action against corruption.

Complaints received by ALAC

A total of 642 corruption related complaints were received by ALAC between April 2009 and April 2010. The map below indicates the distribution and level of complaints received by ALAC, per province, during this period. The key refers to the number of complaints received by ALAC from a particular province.

Most of the initial contacts made to ALAC were received in the Harare, Midlands and Manicaland Provinces. We attribute this to the high number of publicity and awareness raising activities that we carried out in these provinces. Overall, Harare had the greatest number of complaints in part because of easier access to ALAC (the walk in centre is in central Harare). In addition, the public administration institutions that were often the subject of complaints are largely located in Harare. Mashonaland East and Mashonaland West Provinces had the second greatest number of complaints accounting for 65 and 69 complaints respectively followed by Matebeleland South Province with 27 complaints. Bulawayo, Masvingo and Mashonaland Central provinces accounted for between 15-24 complaints each, while the least number of complaints was received from Matebeleland North Province. In the southern provinces, the low number of complaints is largely attributable to the relative inaccessibility of ALAC, as people in these areas can neither easily attend the walk-in, due to distance, or call using the toll free line as the Tel One lines are often not working. However, ALAC is grateful to partner organisations such as Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) that received complaints and forwarded them to us.

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