Former Eastern Cape MEC accused of corruption and fraud wants her day in court
Gomba and 10 other accused appeared at the East London High Court on Tuesday on charges of corruption, money laundering, fraud and contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act.
Judge Tokota postponed the matter to allow other preliminary matters to be concluded before trial, including the pending applications by two of the accused who want to have a separate trial. Earlier this year Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane fired Gomba after she was charged with contravening the Municipal Finance Management Act.
“There are very important issues beyond politics, which are families and our lives. In the way the matter has been handled, it is an issue that speaks to whether the ANC is really a caring organisation or not. The ANC does not seem to be caring about our families and our situation because it is pushing us further to the line of poverty,” said Gomba.
She said she was not pushed to be part of politics, and would also not want to be pushed out of politics either.
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