Not even my releative will be spared

Not even my releative will be spared - Mugabe

PRESIDENT Mugabe, pictured here Friday at the burial of Mark Dube, a veteran of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence

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By Agencies

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe vowed Monday that his seven-month-old anti-corruption crackdown would not spare his own relatives.

"We want to get our country completely rid of corruption, we will get the financial sector cleansed of corruption, of those who want to make money not tomorrow, not even today, but yesterday, those who want to use crookish methods to enrich themselves," Mugabe said.

"So when government descends on corrupt characters, rogues among us, don't cry when we arrest your relative who is a rogue, even if it's Mugabe's relatives, he will be arrested if he is a crook," said Mugabe at a ceremony to honour veterans of the liberation war against former colonial ruler Britain.

Mugabe's anti-corruption drive, launched in January, has seen the arrest of prominent officials including finance minister Chris Kuruneri, who is in custody on charges of illegally dealing in foreign currency.

'Even if it's Mugabe's relatives, he will be arrested if he is a crook'
A provincial chairman of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), James Makamba, was arrested in February on similar charges.

Several business executives have been arrested, including 13 directors of a Zanu-PF company, while a number of banking chiefs have fled, most of them to Britain.

Zimbabwe has over the past four years experienced severe shortages of foreign currency, which the government blamed on a black market for hard cash.

The black market developed because the official rate of exchange was kept for years at 824 Zimbabwe dollars to the US dollar, way below the street rate of around 6 000 to one.

Foreign currency supplies have however improved on the official market this year following the introduction of regular auctions, where hard cash is exchanged at 5 600 to the US dollar. - Sapa-AFP
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