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ALAC update October 2010
Transparency International - Zimbabwe (TI-Z)
October 14, 2010

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Every month, Transparency International Zimbabwe produce a monthly Advocacy and Legal Advice Update to provide its stakeholders with a corruption trends analysis. The updates seek to inform clients, referral organisations, civic society as well as the general public of emerging issues and how these issues may be addressed at an individual, community and plolicy level.

Corruption and your Constitution

The month of September saw the COPAC outreach teams in the Harare and Bualwayo metropolitan provinces. In line with this development, Transparency International -Zimbabwe had conducted community meetings in various suburbs in and around Harare with thew aim of increasing the public's understanding of the Constitution and the need to have values of transparency, integrity and accountability entrenched in the new constitution. Eleven communities meeting were held in Harare during the month of September. Communities visited included Cold Comfort, Epworth, Glen Norah, Highfield, Kambuzuma, Marimba, Mufakose, Seke, Warren Park and Waterfalls. Four community meetings were carried out in Matebeleland North and South in Bulawayo, Gwanda Plumtree and Shangani. Manicaland saw three community meetings and mobile legal aid clinics being conducted in Chikanga, Dangamvura and Sakubva and one public meeting in Mutare. These meetings enabled TI-Z to evaluate the public's understanding of the thematic issues in the constitution as well as the level of their participation during the outreach programmes that had already been carried out. Over 300 people attended the road show held in Chikanga where prizes were awarded in a stimulating question and answer session on corruption and the constitution.

The majority of the community members in Harare were eager to participate save for a few communities such as Epworth were the public is still afraid to voice their views and concern for fear of victimization.

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