Ethekwini fraud and corruption trial underway

JOHANNESBURG - The defense team in the eThekwini DSW tender fraud trial is trying to prove the forensic firm investigating the corruption was irregularly appointed.

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The charges range from corruption and attempted corruption, to fraud and money laundering.

The state accuses the 22 suspects of rigging Durban Solid Waste contracts, valued at over R300-million.

Shawn Hittler, the State’s second witness, has reiterated Integrity Forensics Services was partly chosen since it was already probing one of the implicated companies.