Witnesses in Zandile Gumede corruption trial worried about their safety - State

This comes after a witness set to testify on Monday had her home shot at, over the weekend.

DURBAN - The State in the matter of Zandile Gumede and 21 others said witnesses in the matter had raised concerns about the safety of witnesses in the matter.The State told the court that a bullet was recovered in the witness' bedroom.The State in this fraud and corruption case of former eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede, and co-accused told the court that witnesses said they are now under threat.

"Police have now been inundated with phone calls from various other witnesses that the State was intending to lead in this session and these are all municipal officials and they are all concerned about their safety after hearing what happened to this particular witness," said State prosecutor Ashika Lucken.

State prosecutor Ashika Lucken says “The prosecution team had received at approximately at 18:30 pm on Saturday informing us that has been a shooting at the witness’s home premises and that there was a bullet that was recovered.”

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