Gandawa wants Zimdef fraud charges dropped

Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Godfrey Gandawa, who is facing criminal charges over the alleged abuse of the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef), has applied to have the charges dropped, arguing they were not properly presented by the State.

Gandawa and his co-accused persons, Shepard Honzeri and Zimdef principal director of finance, Nicholas Mapute, are facing 14 counts involving criminal abuse of office, corruption, concealing a transaction and fraud.

“It is submitted that the charges (and the State case) have to be re-configured to take account of this reality.

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