| Chapter 2: | Conceptual Issues in Definitions of Corruption and Good Governance |
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Now that we have determined that the single-criminality test applies in Zambia, we turn to consider some international perspectives on definitions of the terms corruption and good governance.
2.2 International Views on Corruption and Some Elusive Definitions of Good Governance
According to Kofele-Kale,
The African Union (AU) Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption, the treaty to which Zambia has acceded,93 defines corruption as ‘the acts and practices including related offences proscribed in this Convention.’94 Then Article 4 of the AU Convention lists down some of the proscribed acts and practices. These acts and practices include solicitation or acceptance, directly or indirectly, by a public official or any other person, of any goods of monetary value, or other benefit, such as a gift, favour, promise or advantage for himself or herself or for another person or entity, in exchange for any act or omission in the performance of his or her public functions.95
Other incidents falling under the AU Convention’s list of proscribed acts and practices include the offering or granting, directly or indirectly, to a public official or any other person, of any goods of monetary value, or other benefit, such as a gift, favour, promise or advantage for himself or herself or for another person or entity, in exchange for any act or omission in the performance of his or her public functions.96