By Jason Burke in Johannesburg
Arrest of Bongani Bongo of ANC hailed as ‘first shots in fight against corrupt public officials’
An ANC MP and former minister has appeared in court in South Africa on charges of corruption in a move hailed by increasingly impatient anti-graft campaigners.
Bongani Bongo, a representative from the ruling African National Congress who was security minister under the former president Jacob Zuma, has been accused of offering bribes to derail a parliamentary inquiry into corruption at the state power utility Eskom, a police spokesman said.
Source: Former Zuma minister appears in court on charges of corruption
Category: South Africa, ANC (African National Congress), Africa, World news
