Zandile Gumede

The trial of former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others, who are charged with racketeering, fraud and corruption relating to a R320m city waste ...

Fireworks are expected on Monday when the trial against former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others, charged with racketeering, fraud and corruption ...

She is accused of committing the crimes to “firmly establish” her position as mayor and increase her standing in the political arena, especially in the radical economic transformation (RET) camp of the ANC. Balton, who has a discretion as to whether she wants to sit with assessors, is expected to give guidance on the way forward on this issue. Gumede is alleged to have benefited from the “illegal” award of the Durban Solid Waste (DSW) contract through payments of about R2.8m directly and indirectly from some of the contractors.

Durban - The State's application for assessors to be part of the Zandile Gumede corruption case has been dismissed. The trial of former eThekwini mayor ...

A tent had been set up for them. On Monday morning, the State made an application for assessors to sit with the judge hearing the trial. Durban - The State's application for assessors to be part of the Zandile Gumede corruption case has been dismissed.

Earlier on Monday, Gumede and her co-accused pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering in the Durban High Court. They are still in the process of pleading ...

So obviously, this is just the first stage to get the charges read and then after obviously looking to next year for the trial.” The state is pleased that this trial has got underway. This is just the first process.

(File Image)The corruption case against Zandile Gumede and her co-accused has now been moved to the Durban High Court, March 23, 2021.

The NPA’s Natasha Ramkisson-Kara says, “It is anticipated that due to the numerous counts against the accused, the plea proceedings will continue in the next few days. There are over 2000 charges in the indictment and the accused are still being asked to plead as the charges are being put to them. The charges related to a R320 million Durban Solid Waste tender in 2017.

Former eThekwini mayor and present KwaZulu-Natal legislature member Zandile Gumede has pleaded not guilty to corruption-, fraud- and racketeering-related ...

"This issue of the special project, it is a matter of understanding how the municipality works. She did not appoint herself as part of that project, it was council." Most of the more than R300 million that was siphoned from the City would eventually land in the coffers of Gumede herself or distributed to favoured councillors and community-based contractors (CBCs) favoured by Gumede and Mthembu. According to the indictment, the contracts of 27 DSW service providers were due to expire in 2016 and 2017. The now allegedly corrupt DSW contract was classified as a "special project" where Abbu, on instruction from Gumede and Mthembu, was appointed by Nzuza as head of the special projects, the State alleged. She read out parts of the more than 400 pages of the indictment in court where she outlined Gumede was one of the main "role players".

The group appeared in the Durban High Court on Monday, where they entered their pleas to some of the counts.

The group appeared in the Durban High Court on Monday, where they entered their pleas to some of the counts.

Durban — With more than 2 000 counts on charges that former eThekwini Municipality mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others face, they all pleaded not guilty to ...

“The court is not satisfied that this application should be granted or even entertained. “The State is in no way suggesting that the judge would not be impartial … This comes after the National Prosecuting Authority had handed a letter to Judge Sharmain Balton asking that she reconsider the decision not to have assessors.

Gumede and 21 others, charged with racketeering, fraud and corruption relating to a R320m city waste contract, pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges.

Support independent journalism by subscribing to the However, presiding judge Sharmaine Balton ruled that they must plead after each of the 2,793 charges were individually read out. Gumede and others are expected to plead not guilty as the long list of individual charges are read out by state prosecutor Ashika Lucken.

Former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede is accused of having used her position, to influence the awarding of a Durban solid waste tender, which was worth over ...

But Gumede has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The state alleges that Gumede, or her daughter, would benefit from the irregularities around the awarding of the tender. State prosecutor Ashika Lucken has read from the indictment.

Former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others face several charges, including conspiracy to commit corruption, corruption, fraud, money laundering, ...

Thus committing the acts of fraud and corruption.” It alleges that this was also to ensure that contracts were awarded to entities associated with accused Hlenga Sibisi, who was in control of the running Ilanga LaMahlase PTY (LTD). The State in the matter alleges that Gumede, Mondli Mthembu (an executive councillor), Sipho Nzuza (former city manager), Robert Abbu, who was the deputy head at DSW, and Sandile Ngcobo, the former deputy head of Supply Chain Management, as well as Nzuza’s wife Bagcinile actively associated themselves with the common purpose working together to manipulate the procurement process.

The corruption trial involving former eThekwini Municipality Mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others has been postponed to March 2023.

Gumede and her 21 co-accused are charged with a combined count of 2 793 charges relating to fraud, money laundering and racketeering. In return, the state alleges, Gumede received kickbacks from the service providers in the form of money, gifts and donations to her political party, the ANC. As accused number one, the state is alleging that Gumede was the mastermind behind the entire operation in which she directed senior municipal officials to award the contracts to four handpicked service providers.