Defiant Zandile Gumede blasts NPA over further delays of her case | IOL News

Durban - A mere hours after bashing the Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority , former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede threw another punch later in the week when she lambasted the two entities for applying a “reverse approach” while trying to nail her for alleged corruption.

In a strong-worded statement, Gumede, who was arrested with several others in May last year for having a corrupt hand in the R208 million waste tender of 2017, raised concerns and repeated assertions that she is a political target in a vexatious prosecution. She further claimed that the two agencies were engaged in “a clear mission against my name as a political activist - for a mere political expediency.”

According to her, they should have gathered all the evidence they needed before dragging her to court. “I am concerned that it has become a fast growing trend that our law enforcement agencies have employed a reverse approach in handling certain matters, especially those that involve politicians. As early as May 2018, they went public through media to announce my so-called “imminent arrest”.

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