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By Sihle Mavuso 
6h ago
Durban – eThekwini Township City Manager Sipho Nzuza says he is not leaving his post as he is ready to clear his name in court, but the state is delaying the trial.
Nzuza is one of 17 defendants in the R430 million waste tender corruption case that is before the Durban commercial crimes court.
While Gumede, a former mayor who served with him, was previously arrested, Nzuza was only arrested in March this year after his offer to be a state witness in the case was rejected.
His stance that he will not go anywhere is contained in a letter he wrote on Monday to the mayor of eThekwini, Mxolisi Kaunda, and to the president of the council, Weziwe Thusi.
In the leaked letter, Nzuza was addressing Kaunda, who allegedly tried to force him not to return to work until the municipality has made a decision about his employment.
The letter further revealed the pain Nzuza was suffering from the case.
“It is a matter of public domain that I am (in my opinion, falsely) criminally charged and I am currently attending those court proceedings. A notable feature of the criminal matter is that it is fraught with repeated postponements. At the height of these postponements, he was immersed in deep preparations. The goal was to end the criminal charade, ”Nzuza wrote.
In response, Nzuza said it was malicious of Kaunda to claim that by returning to work he would likely violate his bail conditions and risk being arrested and held in custody until the case begins.
“The special license has served its purpose. The prosecution’s stratagems to further delay the criminal matter have not abated … Third, the bail conditions imposed on me by the criminal court are a deviation. The criminal court and the prosecution team are well placed to deal with any breach of the bail conditions.
“It would be reckless on my part to breach the conditions of the bond when doing so would potentially mean that I will lose the bond. The suggestion that I cannot go back to work when necessary until those conditions are discussed has no merit, ”he told Kaunda.
Kaunda spokesman Mluleki Mtungwa said he is “not aware of the letter” but that Nzuza’s future with the municipality will be discussed during a full council meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
“The city will be able to respond to matters related to the city manager after the council meeting tomorrow (Wednesday),” Mtungwa said.
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