{"id":106994,"date":"2025-04-11T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:45:53","slug":"ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources","title":{"rendered":"ED calls on accountants to safeguard national resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on local accountants to be trustworthy gatekeepers of national resources to prevent fraud and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa made the remarks at the 9th Zimbabwe Accountants Conference held in Harare yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, which ran under the theme Future Ready Profession: Innovate with Integrity, Sustain with Purpose, was hosted by the Public Accountants and Auditors Board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI challenge you, the accountants in both the public and private sectors, to be trustworthy gatekeepers of national resources. Every dollar spent must be accounted for,\u201d Mnangagwa said.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that corruption is costing the economy almost US$2 billion annually, often through the abuse of national resources.<\/p>\n<p>For years, the Auditor-General\u2019s office has been exposing abuse of State funds at public entities which are found wanting in properly accounting for State funds.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa noted that accountants play a crucial role in enhancing financial transparency, accountability and efficiency within public sector entities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther, you are key cogs that enhance financial transparency, accountability and efficiency in public sector entities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment counts on professionals in this field to ensure the proper implementation of our budget, reduction of corruption and improvements in audit processes throughout all our institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said accountants were architects of economic transformation, custodians of corporate and public finance and enablers of national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether in the private sector or the public domain, your work directly influences the efficiency, transparency and accountability of Zimbabwe\u2019s economic activities. As accountants, you play a crucial role in strengthening public financial management,\u201d Mnangagwa said.<\/p>\n<p>The President encouraged the professionals to facilitate industrialisation, modernisation and overall economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccountants are essential in driving digital transformation, enhancing financial inclusion and upholding corporate governance and ethical standards,\u201d Mnangagwa added.<\/p>\n<p>Finance minister Mthuli Ncube urged accountants to commit to financial integrity and economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs professionals tasked with ensuring financial probity and corporate governance, you are the backbone of Zimbabwe\u2019s financial system,\u201d Ncube said.<\/p>\n<p>Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development minister Monica Mutsvangwa urged accounting professionals to be diligent in financial reporting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on local accountants to be trustworthy gatekeepers of national resources to prevent fraud and corruption. Mnangagwa made the remarks at the 9th Zimbabwe Accountants Conference held in Harare yesterday. The conference, which ran under the theme Future Ready Profession: Innovate with Integrity, Sustain with Purpose, was hosted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":106993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,2715],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-106994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ED calls on accountants to safeguard national resources - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on local accountants to be trustworthy gatekeepers of national resources to prev ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ED calls on accountants to safeguard national resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on local accountants to be trustworthy gatekeepers of national resources to prev ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-11T09:33:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-15T11:45:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/sm_1744358688.62824.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1710\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ED calls on accountants to safeguard national resources\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-11T09:33:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-15T11:45:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources\"},\"wordCount\":359,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/sm_1744358688.62824.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-calls-on-accountants-to-safeguard-national-resources\",\"name\":\"ED calls on accountants to safeguard national resources - 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