62. What other institutions have a formal role in political finance oversight?

"(1) The Minister may by regulations prescribe all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which, in his opinion, are necessary or
convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for—
(a) prescribing the form of the application referred to in section four;
(b) the form and manner in which records of donations shall be kept by political parties;
(c) the keeping by political parties of proper books of accounts, the audit of the accounts of political parties, and the form, content and publication of
statements of accounts by political parties.
(3) Regulations made under this section may prescribe penalties for any contravention of them not exceeding a fine of level seven."

(Section 8, Political Parties (Finance) Act 2001).

"In Zimbabwe the Ministry of Justice is the only agency responsible for the administration of the Political Parties Finance Act. ZEC (Zimbabwe Electoral Commission) has no mandate to carry out audits of political parties or play an oversight role."

(Transparency International (2010) NURU Promoting Transparency in Political Finance in Southern Africa. Comparative analysis and findings from Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Transparency International Zimbabwe, p. 156).