SANDILE MOTHA
THE fraud and corruption case against former ANC eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and her co-accused has been postponed to September.
Gumede and her co-accused, who are out on bail of various amounts, stand accused of alleged corruption over a 2017 Durban Solid Waste (DSW) tender.
The value of the alleged tender fraud is R389 million.
Gumede appeared briefly yesterday in the Durban Magistrate’s Court, but the prosecution team submitted to the court that it was not ready to proceed, citing difficulties in attaining financial records from banking institutions.
Suspended city manager, Sipho Nzuza, was the latest to be charged and linked to the fraud, racketeering and corruption allegations relating to a Durban Solid Waste tender.
The accused are believed to have demanded kickbacks and authorised dodgy payments to contractors without doing any work.
Mzomuhle Dube, speaking on behalf of Gumede supporters, told Inside Politics that the dragging of
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