Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Shortlisted Candidates to be Publicly Interviewed on Friday 21st June at Parliament – Commissions Watch

On 31st January this year the then chairperson and all the eight members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission resigned.

The Constitution gives Parliament’s Committee on Standing Rules and Orders [CSRO] the responsibility of advising the President on the appointment of the chairperson and other members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission [ZACC] [Constitution, sections 254, and 237].

The new chairperson has already been appointed by the President after consultation with CSRO, as required by section 254 of the Constitution. She is Mrs Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo.

The procedure for the appointment of the eight Commission members is different. They must be appointed from a list of at least twelve nominees submitted to the President by the CSRO. The nomination procedure is the same as that laid down by section 237 of the Constitution for the CSRO’s nomination of persons for appointment to the five Chapter 12 Independent Commissions.

The CSRO has already completed the early steps in that process by publishing a public notice advertising the eight positions needing to be filled and inviting the President and members of the public to make nominations of qualified individuals [see Commissions Watch of 15th February]. Nomination documents were received for 133 candidates and the CSRO then published their names and invited the public not only to submit objections to the appointment of any of the candidates, but also to submit suggestions for questions to be put to candidates when they were interviewed [see Commissions Watch of 21st March].

Now the CSRO has published notices announcing that the next step in the process will take place on Friday 21st June at Parliament, when two interviewing teams will conduct public interviews of prospective candidates as required by section 237(1)(c) of the Constitution. The interviews will be conducted in the National Assembly chamber and the Senate chamber and will start at 9 am.

The short list of 38 candidates who will be interviewed has been compiled after what the notices describe as an “exhaustive analysis of the nominated candidates to decipher their suitability for consideration to serve on this Commission”. Their names and the times and venues of their interviews are set out in the following from the CSRO notice:

Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Interviews

Team A
Date of Interview: Friday 21 June 2019
Starting time: 9am
Venue: National Assembly Chamber, Parliament

No.	Full Name	Gender	Interview Slot
1.	Mr Noah Maringe	Male	9 am
2.	Mr. Christopher Dube-Banda	Male	9:20 am
3.	Ms. Nomsa Hazel Ncube	Female	9:40 am
4.	Mr. Tinomudaishe Chinyoka	Male	10 am
5.	Ms. Fungayi Jessie Majome	Female	10:20 am
	Tea Break		10:40 – 11 am
6.	Mrs. Caroline-Ann Chigumira (nee Mutee)	Female	11 am
7.	Advocate Michael Majuru	Male	11:20 am
8.	Advocate Wilbert Pfungwadzashe Mandinde	Male	11:40 am
9.	Mrs. Sithembiso Angela Tofa (nee Mahlamvana)	Female	12 noon
10.	Mr. Tongai Matutu	Male	12:20 pm
11.	Mr. Matthew Tichaona Kunaka	Male	12:40 pm
	Lunch Break		1 – 2 pm
12.	Mr. David Chenai Chafanza	Male	2 pm
13.	Mr. Arnold Mushunje	Male	2:20 pm
14.	Mr. Caleb Mutsumba	Male	2:40 pm
15.	Mr. Zondi Kumwenda	Male	3pm
16.	Mr. James Andrew Mushore	Male	3:20 pm
17.	Mr. Basil Masara	Male	3:40 pm
18.	Mr. Tawanda Matope	Male	4 pm
19.	Mr. Thembelani Kole Ncube	Male	4:20 pm

Team B
Date of Interview: Friday 21 June 2019
Starting Time: 9 am
Venue: Senate Chamber, Parliament

No.	Full Name	Gender	Interview Slot
1.	Ms. Thandiwe Mlobane	Female	9 am
2.	Mr. Paul M. Mugoni	Male	9:20 am
3.	Mr. Kennedy Mtombeni	Male	9:40 am
4.	Mr. Jeffrey Takawira Mahachi	Male	10 am
5.	Mr. Brian Kashangura	Male	10:20 am
	Tea Break		10:40 – 11 am
6.	Mr. Frank Muchengwa	Male	11 am
7.	Reverend Gibson Botomani	Male	11:20 am
8.	Retired Major Michael Dennissantu	Male	11:40 am
9.	Mr. John Makamure	Male	12 noon
10.	Mrs. Tsitsi Dhliwayo	Male	12:20 pm
11.	Mr. Mark Chivehya Sibanda	Male	12:40 pm
	Lunch Break		1 pm – 2 pm
12.	Dr. Mabel Ndakaripa Hungwe	Female	2 pm
13.	Mr. Dumisani Hendry Zisengwe	Male	2:20 pm
14.	Mr. Gabriel Chaibva	Male	2:40 pm
15.	Mr. Kuziva Phineas Murapa	Male	3 pm
16.	Mr. Blessing Chebundo	Male	3:20 pm
17.	Mr. Charles T. M. J. Dube	Male	3:40 pm
18.	Bishop Henry Ziwerere	Male	4 pm
19.	Mr. Prosper Munyedza	Male	4:20 pm

17	MR. CHARLES. T. M. J. DUBE	MALE	1540 HOURS
18	BISHOP HENRY ZIWERERE	MALE	1600 HOURS
19	MR. PROSPER MUNYEDZA	MALE	1620 HOURS

After the interviews the CSRO must prepare a list of at least twelve of the candidates as its nominees for appointment and then submit the list to the President. The President must then appoint eight persons from that list as members of the Commission.

Source: Veritas