Advocate Griffiths Madonsela SC leads the legal team of former eThekwini city manager, Sipho Nzuza.
Emotions ran high at the Durban High Court on Wednesday afternoon as the legal team for the former eThekwini city manager, Sipho Nzuza, threatened to withdraw from the R320 million fraud case.
The threat followed the prosecution’s delivery of a key witness statement only 30 minutes before the witness was due to testify.
The witness in question is a member of the Hawks investigating team responsible for the arrest of Nzuza, along with former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 20 others. They face charges of corruption, money laundering, and racketeering related to the R320 million Durban Solid Waste tender.
The morning began with the expectation that Lieutenant Colonel van den Berg, the Hawks member, would start his testimony, as he had been seen in court. However, a different witness from Digital Forensic Investigations began her testimony.
