Zimbabwe: ZRP 'Treating Corruption With Kid Gloves'

opinion

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)'s decision to transfer 33 traffic police officers from its Avondale Police Station to remote stations for alleged corruption is a welcome development coming as it does after persistent reports of graft in the force, but questions over whether the punishment meted out is commensurate with the crime linger.

A local daily stated last Friday: "Thirty-three traffic police officers at Avondale Police Station in Harare have been transferred to other bases allegedly because of intolerable corruption levels."

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