27 May 19: President Emmerson will on Wednesday officially launch the State Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) as government moves to sanitize the public procurement process. PRAZ board came into existence last year replacing the State Procurement Board (SPB). This meant that the awarding of tenders will now be done by accounting officers in various State departments and companies, with the PRAZ only playing a supervisory and monitoring role to ensure government entities comply with the new Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act..