By Own Correspondent| A High Court judge here has issued a warrant of arrest for former Deputy Minister at Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Godfrey Gandawa after he failed to appear at court (Monday).

Gandawa is facing 14 counts of fraud and criminal abuse of office after he allegedly embezzled $400 000 from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development (Zimdef) together with exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo.

The warrant of arrest was issued by High Court justice Tawanda Chitapi after Gandawa’s lawyer told the court that he did not know his client’s whereabouts as the two had not communicated at all.

Gandawa was out on $500 bail until the warrant of arrest was issued.