A shot was fired through the bedroom window of a key witness in the trial of former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede.
The head of the City Integrity and Investigations Unit ,was the first witness during the first session of the trial in March this year, but his cross-examination was interrupted when he fell ill.
He has subsequently resigned from his job, citing death threats. It is not clear when the prosecution will recall him to complete his cross examination. Gumede, as accused No 1, is alleged to be the kingpin of the racketeering “enterprise”. With her in the dock are former ANC senior councillor Mondli Mthembu, Ngcobo, Robert Abbu, city deputy head of strategic and new developments, former municipal manager Sipho Nzuza, his wife Cynthia Nzuza, and ANC councillors Mthokozisi Nojiyeza, Sduduzo Khuzwayo and Bhekokwakhe Phewa.
The other accused are the four service providers, and their representatives, who allegedly benefited from what is alleged to be an unlawful R320m city waste contract. They are Ilanga La Mahlase Pty Ltd, Uzuzinekele Trading, Omphile Thabang Projects, and El Shaddai Holdings Group CC. The state alleges Gumede and others manipulated the award of the contract to the four companies to promote radical economic transformation and to give kickbacks to a “patronage network” which included community-based contractors, business forums and the MKVA, who were aligned to the RET faction in the ANC.
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