Within 24 hours of receipt of a corruption complaint against then eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, the head of the eThekwini investigations unit gave the go-ahead for a probe to be conducted, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has heard. | kaveels
eThekwini's City Integrity Investigation Unit head, Mbuso Ngcobo, made the startling submission during cross-examination by Gumede's lawyer, Jay Naidoo, during Gumede's trial in the High Court on Thursday.
The 22 accused, including former eThekwini City manager Sipho Nzuza and ANC councillor Mondli Mthembu, face more than 2 000 charges, including conspiracy to commit corruption, corruption, fraud, money laundering, racketeering, contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act and contravention of the Municipal Systems Act. The allegations relate to a R320-million Durban Solid Waste tender.
Ngcobo initially outlined a lengthy process involving a complaint that is received, an assessor's analysis of the complaint and the submission of a report.Zandile Gumede ran a corruption 'enterprise', State says in eThekwini trial – to ANC benefit Ngcobo explained why so many processes were involved:"Sometimes you find people complain about their partners and such, so we have to test them quite a bit."
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