Why Durban Mayor Zandile Gumede is appearing in court today | Daily News

Durban - After months of vehement denials that the Hawks were going to arrest her, eThekwini Mayor, Zandile Gumede was expected to make a dramatic appearance in the Durban Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday on charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering.

Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation while not naming the mayor said that three suspects aged between will appear at the Durban Specialised Commercial Court today as part the Hawks’ National Clean Audit Task Team investigation at the Ethekwini Municipality.

Gumede was expected to appear in court on Tuesday alongside senior municipal councillor Mondli Mthembu. In May last year, City Press reported that the Hawks had launched the investigation into Gumede following a forensic investigation into the awarding of a contract to hire and clean chemical toilets.

“This is yet another attempt by some media personnel who operate as hired guns to stoop to sensationalism to besmirch and defame me. In this regard, I place on record that I reserve my right to institute action against the publication that peddled and originated these malicious and false accusations. I wish to further highlight few pertinent facts which trump the spurious allegations and expose the nefarious intentions of the faceless sources behind the allegations,” she said.

Gumede said the statement from a spokesperson from the Hawks indicates that the investigation is continuing and intensifying and yet makes no mention of her being a suspect or of my imminent arrest.

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