The judge in the case of former Durban mayor Zandile Gumede DSW fraud case on Tuesday lashed out at the state prosecution over the lack of original evidence presented.
This is after Lucken presented another document as evidence that was a copy and not the original document, as is required according to court procedure.“Throughout this case I have been sounding like a broken record; I have been giving lectures to the state on how to present its evidence to the court. Most of the over 120 documents submitted as evidence are either copies or drafts and very few can be verified as original,” said Balton.
He was called to testify on how accused number 4, Robert Abbu, who was the deputy head of Durban Solid Waste , was responsible for the initiation of the process for the new DSW special project/tender which was to get contractors to collect waste and help with the illegal dumping problems, especially in townships.
During cross-examination, Rampersad couldn’t recall whether he was the one who drafted the original report to be approved by council through the Human Settlement executive committee; however, he said that since he signed it, he must have been aware of its contents at the time.He also couldn’t provide the court with answers of where the second letter he wrote to the executive committee informing councillors of the contract extension for the R53 million was.
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