Two former Zimbabwean ministers in the government of former President Robert Mugabe are now facing charges of corruption, according to their lawyers.
Former foreign minister Walter Mzembi and ex-energy minister Samuel Undenge were charged at thwe weekend with “criminal abuse of office”, which they both denied.
Undenge is accused of issuing a $12,650 contract without due process to a company that executed no such job.
The ex-ministers were granted bail yesterday while the case resumes on Jan. 22.
Counsel to the accused persons dismissed the charges against them as ridiculous and a circus.
Mugabe, 93, was forced to resign in November after 37 years in power in the aftermath of a military coup that threw up his former deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa as successor.