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Mugabe, 93, stood down in November after 37 years in power
following a de facto military coup, making way for his former
deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over.
When the military seized power they arrested key allies of
Mugabe and his wife, Grace, who was vying with Mnangagwa to
succeed her husband.
Former foreign minister Walter Mzembi and ex-energy minister
Samuel Undenge were charged on Friday with "criminal abuse of
office", their lawyers said. They both deny wrongdoing.
Undenge is accused of issuing a $12,650 contract without due
tender to a company that did no work, according to a charge
sheet seen by Reuters.
Mzembi and Undenge were both granted bail on Saturday, asked to
surrender their passports and remanded until Jan. 22 when their
cases will be heard.
"We are going to make an application for an exception to the
charge because the charges that my client is facing are
ridiculous," Job Sikhala, Mzembi's lawyer, told reporters
outside the court.
Undenge's lawyer Alex Muchadehama described the case against his
client as a "circus".
Former finance minister Ignatius Chombo is on bail after being
charged in November over accusations he tried to defraud the
central bank over a decade ago. Chombo denies wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Alfonce Mbizwo; Writing by Joe Brock; Editing by
Ros Russell)
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