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Nelson Mandela Bay city manager Noxolo Nqwazi and her co-accused will return to court on Friday for the continuation of their drawn-out multimillion-rand toilet tender fraud trial.

The trial of city manager Noxolo Nqwazi, suspended metro housing boss Mvuleni Mapu and several others implicated in a multimillion-rand fraud case is finally ready to continue.

Lawyers for those implicated in a multimillion-rand tender fraud case have accused the state of conducting a trial by ambush in the Gqebehra commercial crimes court.

Suspended city boss Noxolo Nqwazi and her co-accused facing fraud charges amounting to more than R24m have still not had sight of the full police docket, the Gqeberha commercial crime court heard on Tuesday.

The R24m fraud trial against Nelson Mandela Bay city manager Noxolo Nqwazi and her co-accused will go ahead before the sitting magistrate.

While city manager Noxolo Nqwazi waits to hear the outcome of her bid to have her bail conditions altered, a woman was arrested on Monday in connection with the R24m Nelson Mandela Bay toilet tender fraud case.

Nelson Mandela Bay regional secretary Luyolo Nqakula has spoken out in a bid to clear his name amid an internal investigation into vote buying

The corruption charges against eight people, including three former DA councillors who had allegedly taken bribes to oust their party’s Nelson Mandela Bay mayor, seem to confirm dirty tricks.

Details of alleged underhanded deals, an intricate web of deceit and corrupt relationships were laid bare in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Friday as politicians and business owners stood side-by-side in the dock after spending a night in jail.