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Musa Mbhele, the eThekwini city manager fires back, saying his detractors must prove their sexual claims.
CITY INTEGRITY AND INVESTIGATION UNIT CIIU

eThekwini city manager fires back at accusers, asks them to prove sexual allegations against him

‘People have created this monster that has a libido on steroids he cannot control … The emotional scars inflicted on me because of these unsubstantiated claims is unexplainable’

  • Sandile Motha
3 min read
Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images
DURBAN SOLID WASTE

Zandile Gumede ‘principal controller’ in eThekwini fraud

The crimes were not overtly complicated, based on what the state said in the first week of trial. But they were brazen.

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
There’s only one king in Paddy Harper’s eyes, and that is Thierry Henry.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Kings, queens and looted legacies

There’s an outpouring of grief north of the equator since Elizabeth II died, but no move to return the Empire’s ill-gotten gains

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
ACHMAT JAPPIE

Gumede graft trial likely to begin only in July next year

The state has added racketeering to the charges faced by the former eThekwini mayor and 21 others, but logistics are likely to delay their trial until mid-2022

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
ANC

Crowds gather for Gumede’s pre-trial hearing in R320mn corruption case

The Durban high court will set a date for the former mayor’s corruption trial to go ahead

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
eThekwini’s criminally charged city manager, Sipho Nzuza, believes that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) “erred” when deciding on his bail conditions. (Darren Stewart/Gallo)
ACCOUNTANTS

Durban city manager says NPA erred in his bail conditions

The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read