Durban – eThekwini Municipality Mayor Zandile Gumede faces a raft of charges relating to a Durban Solid Waste (DSW) tender.
Gumede was accused no 16 when she appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Court alongside Councillor Mondli Mthembu and a service provider Craig Ponnan, of El Shaddai Holdings group cc, on Tuesday.
They were arrested as part of the Hawks’ National Clean Audit Task Team (NCATT) investigation at the Ethekwini Municipality into an R208 million DSW tender where service providers were allegedly paid huge amounts of monies even though they did not render any service.
The other suspects include Ethekwini Municipality Deputy Head of Strategy and New Development Robert Abbu (62), Supply Chain Manager Sandile Ngcobo (41), Hlenga Sibisi (43), Mzwandile Dludla (24), Sinthamone Ponnan (55), Sithulele Mkhize (38), Bongani Dlomo (53), and Prabagaram Pariah (61).
“As indicated previously, the attendance of all those who played a role in the alleged offences, shall be secured before court where the allegations shall be tested.” said the National Head of the DPCI, Godfrey Lebeya.