Matonga pleads not guilty

HARARE - Junior information minister Bright Matonga is in court this week to answer charges that he and former ZUPCO chairman, Charles Nherera, sought a bribe of US$20,000 from Harare businessman Jayesh Shah.
It is alleged that when Matonga was the chief executive officer of ZUPCO in 2003, he an

d Nherera had asked Shah for a kickback to extend a lease agreement for a property rented out to him by ZUPCO. Matongo has denied the charges and the case continues.
Nherera is already serving a two-year jail term for soliciting for an US$85 000 bribe from Shah to give him a contract to supply the public transporter with 75 buses. – Own correspondent

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