ANC KZN spokesperson Nhlakanipho Ntombela said the ANC deployment committee had decided in conjunction with Luthuli House to stabilise the eThekwini municipality by sending corruption-accused former mayor Zandile Gumede to the KZN provincial legislature.
The shock appointment of Gumede — who was
Gumede is due to appear in court again in September when her legal team is set to bring an application to strike the case off the roll because of the succession of delays in getting it to trial.Zandile Gumede: The Iron Lady of Inanda “The principle in eThekwini was to work on a process of stabilising the municipality. There has been an issue raised, correctly or wrongly, that her continuous presence in eThekwini, even as an ordinary councillor, was not assisting this. The decision was to assist her by taking her out of eThekwini to give her an opportunity to explore optimum functionality in another area,” Ntombela said.
“After more than a year, the NPA is still not ready to proceed, which raises challenges for the organisation about how to deal with the matter. We are not denying that she is facing charges. We are not saying that the charges against her must be withdrawn. The charges must proceed when the NPA is ready to do so. In the meantime, she needs to continue living her life,” Ntombela said.
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