The Zimbabwean health minister has been charged in a case looking at government contracts awarded during the coronavirus pandemic.
Obadiah Moyo appeared in court on Saturday over allegations he illegally handed a contract for Covid-19 testing kits, drugs and personal protective equipment to a shadowy company.
He has now been charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer.
The former hospital administrator was arrested by the national anti-corruption agency on Friday – the day before his court appearance.
Local journalists exposed how the health minister allegedly chose the company to sell medical supplies to the government at inflated prices that included face masks for 28 dollars (£22) each.
