It appears there are individuals who have dedicated themselves to meddling in the Zandile Gumede case with the intention to collapse it so that she is not jailed, writes Sipho Masondo.
It would probably not come as a surprise to many South Africans if they were told in the future the corruption, fraud, and money laundering case against former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 co-accused had collapsed.
South Africans have become accustomed to hearing serious corruption charges have been thrown out of court because of weak and insufficient evidence, schoolboy errors, and incompetence by prosecutors and detectives.