Zandile Gumede is seen during a pre-trial hearing at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban.
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The judge presiding over the corruption trial of former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and her 21 co-accused did not take kindly to an accused’s failure to let his lawyer know that he was too ill to attend the proceedings.
The proceedings were delayed on Monday, Tuesday and again Wednesday – and on all three occasions it was due to the absence of one of the accused, ANC councillor Sduduzo Khuzwayo.
On Tuesday, Judge Sharmaine Balton was presented with a sick note on Khuzwayo’s behalf, which stated that he was examined on 6 November.
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