Category Archives: Zandile Gumede

Abahlali welcomes the KZN ANC decision to fire Zandile Gumede

Wednesday 14 August 2019
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

Abahlali welcomes the KZN ANC decision to fire Zandile Gumede

Yesterday the ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) finally fired the long embattled mayor of eThekwini Zandile Gumede.

We wish to welcome this decision which is long overdue. Gumede is facing serious charges of corruption and irregularities. The charges relate to a R208 million Durban Solid Waste (DSW) tender to clean the city’s refuse. At least R37 million of that money was meant to provide water and sanitation to shack settlements in the city. It is alleged that Gumede has been interfering in the issuing of tenders in order to enrich herself. This is what the Nigel Gumede ANC told us in the past: that they will eat for us and on our behalf. They said as long as the ANC is in power Abahlali will get nothing from this government. We have seen that the Zandile Gumede ANC is the same as the Nigel Gumede ANC.  Continue reading

Suspended eThekwini mayor returns to Durban Commercial Court on charges of corruption today

Thursday, 8 August 2019
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

Suspended eThekwini mayor returns to Durban Commercial Court on charges of corruption today

The eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede will today appear before the magistrate, along with the chairperson of the ANC in eThekwini Region. This follows her arrest and serious charges on corruption. The charges relate to a R208 million Durban Solid Waste tender. She was released on R50 000 bail few months ago.

It is alleged that at least R37 million of that money had been set aside to provide water and sanitation to shack settlements. However it is alleged that Gumede, Mondli Mthembu who is the chairperson of Human Settlement in the City, and 7 more senior officials corrupted that money to enrich themselves.  Continue reading

Abahlali welcome the news that Zandile Gumede has stepped down as the Mayor of eThekwini

Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

Abahlali welcome the news that Zandile Gumede has stepped down as the Mayor of eThekwini

Abahlali baseThekwini deserve respect and dignity from anyone holding public office, including mayors and councillors.

We wish to welcome the decision made by ANC Provincial Executive Committee in KwaZulu Natal that Mayor Gumede must step down for thirty days following her arrest on serious charges of corruption and money laundering. Gumede is out on R50 000 bail after being arrested on the charge of stealing R208 million of tax payers’ money, money meant for a Durban Solid Waste tender. R37 million of this money was meant to provide water and sanitation to shack settlements. Many of us in shack settlements remain without water and sanitation. One of the causes of our continued suffering is corrupt officials like Gumede.  Continue reading

ANC eThekwini leaders accused of threatening shack-dwellers movement

Daniel Friedman, The Citizen

The movement, which has seen three members assassinated in the last year, says it has been threatened with violence by the eThekwini ANC.

Social movement Abahlali, which focuses on the rights of shack-dwellers and is involved in land protests and occupations, has accused the ANC in eThekwini of threatening its members with violence.

According to a statement released by the organisation, the mayor and chief whip made threatening statements at the executive committee meeting of the eThekwini Municipality on Tuesday, June 12. Continue reading

Serious Threats Made Against our Movement by Leaders in the eThekwini ANC

Thursday, 14 June 2018

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Serious Threats Made Against our Movement by Leaders in the eThekwini ANC

At the Executive Committee meeting of the eThekwini Municipality on Tuesday, 12 June, the Mayor and the Chief Whip made disturbingly undemocratic, authoritarian and threatening statements about our movement, and about S’bu Zikode. In light of our past experiences, and the current climate of intimidation and violence in KwaZulu-Natal, which includes the ongoing murder of our leaders, we take these threats very seriously. We are sending out an urgent call for solidarity, and for urgent action to be taken against the senior leaders in eThekwini ANC who are a serious threat to democracy, and our safety. Continue reading