Sipho Nzuza had previously agreed to turn state witness
Nzuza, who became city manager in 2017, was granted bail of R50 000 in the Durban magistrate’s court on Tuesday morning after being charged for the alleged tender fraud, for which former mayorNzuza is understood to have previously agreed to turn state witness against Gumede and the other accused, the first of whom wereThe brief court appearance saw Nzuza join as an accused, together with the 22 other people arrested since last year.
They were arrested by the Hawks clean audit task team after an internal city investigation uncovered the fraud. Nzuza will join Gumede and the other accused in court when they appear again on April 16. His bail conditions include that he not go to his office in Durban’s City Hall until the end of the trial. It is not clear yet what action the city will take.
But she will attempt to make her way back to the mayor’s parlour by contesting the ANC chair’s post at the regional conference next month.
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