Mugabe-era Minister on the run

Former Higher Education Deputy Minister Godfrey Gandawa has been issued with an arrest warrant after he failed to turn up for his corruption trial relating to the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef). Gandawa, who is facing 14 counts of fraud and criminal abuse of office, was expected to appear before High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi for trial. A report on the allAfrica site notes that Gandawa was arrested last year, together with Zimdef official Nicholas Mapute, for allegedly misappropriating $400 000.