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Four eThekwini Municipality councillors who were arrested on charges of fraud and corruption have been released on R5 000 bail each.

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Durban – Four eThekwini Municipality councillors overseeing Umlazi wards who were arrested on charges of fraud and corruption and appeared at the Durban commercial crimes court on Wednesday afternoon, have been released on R5 000 bail each.

Abegail Nomthandazo Shabalala Nomsa Euna Mthembu , Mishack Sithenjwa Nyawose and Grace Thembelihle de Lange will be back in the dock on April 7, 2020. The court heard that the councillors allegedly facilitated or directed that the main sub-contractor in the now infamous R208 million Durban Solid Waste tender scandal be given to certain sub-contractors, from whom they received kickbacks.The four have been charged with contravention of the Municipal Finances Management Act , fraud, money laundering and corruption.

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