Articles · Vol. 19 No. 3 (1994): Africa Development

3 - Bureaucratic Corruption in Zimbabwe: Causes and Magnitude of the Problem

by John Makumbe

  • John Makumbe
    John Makumbe Lecturer, Political and Administrative Studies, liniversity of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.
    John Mudiwa Washe Makumbe (May 6, 1949—January 27, 2013), often published as John Mw Makumbe, was a Zimbabwean political scientist, political philosopher and activist. He was a professor at the University of Zimbabwe for more than 25 years, and a frequent guest lecturer at...
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Abstract

Après 1980, le Zimbabwe indépendant voit se développer une petite bourgeoisie. Mais le viol de l'éthique politique permis par une domination politique et administrative attira la critique et l'oppression populaire ainsi que des enquêtes et condamnations par le biais du bureau de l' «Ombudsman». L'auteur repère des causes économiques, politiques, sociales et culturelles à la corruption; il suggère la création d'une commission permanente, l'amélioration des conditions de travail, des procédures de gestion rigoureuses et la réduction des subventions du gouvernement, pour palier ses méfaits.

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Author Biography

  • John Makumbe, Lecturer, Political and Administrative Studies, liniversity of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.

    John Mudiwa Washe Makumbe (May 6, 1949—January 27, 2013), often published as John Mw Makumbe, was a Zimbabwean political scientist, political philosopher and activist. He was a professor at the University of Zimbabwe for more than 25 years, and a frequent guest lecturer at Michigan State University. He was a pro-democracy opinion columnist and member of civil society organisations critical of Robert Mugabe and the ZANU–PF, as well as an activist for the welfare of albino people in Zimbabwe. Shortly before his death he became a prominent member of the Movement for Democratic Change, and he was expected to enter politics by contesting the Buhera West parliamentary constituency.

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