Zandile Gumede corruption trial to resume on Monday

The fraud and corruption trial against former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others will resume at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Monday.

Gumede and her co-accused are facing a litany of charges, including fraud, corruption, and contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act.

This relates to the awarding of a Durban Solid Waste tender worth over R300-million.

The state alleges Gumede acted with a common purpose to manipulate procurement processes but Gumede maintains the charges against her are politically motivated.

She was elected chairperson of the ANC’s biggest eThekwini regions in 2022.

Source: eNCA

In other news – Police say drug overdose might have killed Pearl Shongwe

Late radio news reader Pearl Shongwe‘s cause of death has been suspected to be a drug overdose. A local publication reports that police officers found drugs in her bedroom when they did a cleanup at her home.

“We suspect drug overdose because we have found drugs in her bedroom when we were combing the house for possible leads to her death,” the police officer told the publication. They further stated that they are looking into surveillance cameras to determine who might have been the last person to be with Shongwe while she was alive. Learn More