Councillors object to eThekwini Mayor's delivery of budget
Some Durban councillors interrupted eThekwini Mayor, Zandile Gumede earlier and asked her to excuse herself from delivering the City's budget.
They said she should not table the budget with corruption charges hanging over her head.
IFP councillor, Mdu Nkosi interrupted proceedings at Durban City Hall to plead with Gumede.
"We appeal to her conscious to say protect the integrity and image of this municipality. Don't participate," Nkosi said.
They asked Gumede and other councillors implicated in corruption to leave the chamber, but their protestations were dismissed and the mayor tabled the budget.
Gumede appeared in the commercial crimes court two weeks ago, along with Councillor Mondli Mthembu and businessman Craig Ponnan.
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The graft charges they are facing relate to a 2016 multi-million Rand waste tender.
#EthekwiniBudget The IFP’S Mdu Nkosi tells the council that @eThekwiniM Mayor Zandile Gumede should not be allowed to speak today due to the corruption charges she is facing in connection with a DSW tender. Gumede appeared in court about two weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/EYOJKHBNfI
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) May 29, 2019
#EthekwiniBudget Gumede gets up to the deliver the budget anyway @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/A7aL5HGJKs
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) May 29, 2019
