Zandile Gumede

Zandile Ruth Thelma Gumede (born 12 May 1961) is a South African who has been serving as a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since 2020.

[4][5][6] After nominating Mxolisi Kaunda[2] in August 2019 as Durban's new mayor, the ruling ANC begged Gumede to resign her mayoralty.

[19] After the arrest of Gumede, the Hawks investigation officer in charge of this case, was ambushed by three gunmen and was lucky to be alive after being injured.

[21] On 10 October 2019, the Hawks and members of the South African National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit raided Gumede's Illchester Avenue home in Durban North.

[22] However, Gumede was not found there and it was discovered that she had only rented the property and vacated it in July, subsequently changing addresses - a direct violation of her bail conditions.

[23] The Hawks and the NPA then moved to Gumede's home in Inanda where they served her a court order to carry out the raids in relation to a R280 million tender scam within the Durban Solid Waste department.