The former City Manager of eThekwini Sipho Nzuza is challenging the seizure of his cellphone by Hawks members
The defence has highlighted what it describes as several inconsistencies in the testimony of Hawks investigators and argued that their explanation for the seizure of former eThekwini City Manager Sipho Nzuza’s cellphone was legally flawed.
This was revealed by Advocate Griffiths Madonsela SC during his cross-examination of the lead investigating officer in the R320 million Durban Solid Waste tender fraud trial involving former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 20 co-accused on Tuesday at Durban High Court.
The investigating officer, who cannot be named, maintained that Nzuza voluntarily handed over his cellphone to members of the Hawks on March 10, 2020, for downloading and mirror imaging.
Nzuza was arrested on that day and taken to the holding cells at Durban Central police station, where members of the Hawks seized his cellphone.
