Zimbabwean government minister charged with bribery, faces trial


  • World
  • Thursday, 03 Sep 2015

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean prosecutors have charged one of President Robert Mugabe's cabinet ministers with bribery and abuse of office in the first corruption case against a senior government official since 2004.

Critics and the opposition accuse Mugabe of turning a blind eye to graft, especially among his close allies and ministers, and say endemic corruption is one reason that foreign companies are not investing.

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