| Summary: | Many public entities in Zimbabwe are operating in a very volatile environment
characterised by public procurement systems open to abuse. Zimbabwe is one of the first countries in
Africa to have a Procurement Act however non-compliance issues are still a challenge. Public
procurement scandals have been a hot topic with the media and also with the Report of the Auditor
General for the financial year ended December 31, 2014 having picked on a lot of issues relating to
non-compliance with procurement regulations in a number of public enterprises. The purpose of the
study was to assess the influence selected factors (enforcement, professionalism, political
interferences, familiarity with Procurement Act regulations and ethics) on compliance to procurement
regulations within the public entities. A quantitative survey research approach was used to collect
data from 144 public procurement professionals in public entities in Harare, Zimbabwe. SPSS
software version 21 was used to process the data that were later analysed through correlation and
regression analyses. Familiarity with procurement regulations, enforcement and political interference
were found to be statistically significant predictors of compliance. The managerial implications and
direction for future research are provided.
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