The Durban High Court is due to conduct a pre-trial hearing in the R320-million fraud and corruption case against former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and her 21 co-accused.
Judge Sharmaine Balton ordered that the hearing be held in open court after legal teams met with her in the chambers last week.
The trial was due to start on July 18. The case involves an alleged irregular Durban Solid Waste tender in 2017.Gumede declines nomination for KZN leadershipas Provincial Treasurer of the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal, despite being nominated unopposed for the position.
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