Zandile Ruth Thelma Gumede

The party is also using former KZN provincial chair and former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize as well as the disgraced former ANC eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede who has been charged with corruption as campaigners (AC Vol 63 No 8 Ramaphosa heading for second term & Vol 60 No 21 'Dump Cyril' move in KZN)...

Disgraced former mayor Zandile Gumede who faces fraud charges was elected ANC chair for the region in April leading to a clean sweep of the top posts...

Former Durban Mayor Zandile Gumede who is facing multiple fraud charges was voted in as KZN chairperson at the party's regional conference last month...

The victorious group included former Durban Mayor Zandile Gumede who is facing corruption charges connected to a corrupt 320 million rand tender for waste disposal services...

Criminal chargesThe 60-year-old former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede remains an influential player in the politics of the province but her political future has been in doubt since she and others most of whom worked for the city council were charged in March with over 2 700 counts of theft money laundering and corruption with some racketeering charges added in June...

Other key Zuma loyalists are facing investigation including: former party chief Ace Magashule; Carl Niehaus of MK who is already facing criminal charges and suspension from the ANC; and Zandile Gumede former Mayor of eThekwini (a municipality including Durban) who is also facing corruption charges...

But former Mayor of eThekwini (Durban) Zandile Gumede and a group of councillors implicated in corruption have refused to stand down...

Former Durban Mayor Zandile Gumede was re-admitted to the KZN provincial legislature...

Former eThekwini (Durban) Mayor Zandile Gumede is being investigated for fraud relating to waste reprocessing while her colleague in the KZN legislature Mike Mabuyakhulu is also under investigation...

In the run-up to the ANC special meeting suspended former Mayor of eThekwini Zandile Gumede and provincial legislator Mike Mabuyakhulu stood aside as members of the KwaZulu Natal legislative assembly pending investigation of corruption allegations by the Integrity Commission...