Zimtis to fight corruption, tame the traffic jungle
Lazarus Sauti Corruption is the adversary of development, and of good administration; it must be disposed of. Both the government and the general population everywhere should come together to accomplish this national target. These are the expressions of Pratibha Patil, an Indian government official who served as the 12 th President of India from 2007 to 2012. Corruption is a melanoma that is not only stalling socio-economic growth, but causing high levels of road carnage and loss of human capital in Zimbabwe. According to figures from the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), a total of 1 838 accident-related deaths were recorded in 2017, translating to 153 deaths monthly. The figures also revealed that road accidents are costing Zimbabwe up to 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP), meaning the country is losing about $406 million annually. Sikiru Adeyemi Balogun, in his paper Importance of research and statistics as road traffic accident reduction