BAT ‘proposed’ bribe for Mugabe to free jailed contractors: probe
Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe at a past event. BAT allegedly proposed a huge bribe to Mugabe ahead of his last election in 2013, an investigation reveals. PHOTO | AFP
One of Britain’s biggest tobacco companies allegedly proposed a huge bribe to former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe ahead of his last election in 2013, an investigation has revealed.
A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath revealed that British American Tobacco (BAT) company could have paid between $300,000 and $500,000 to the late Mugabe’s Zanu PF party.
