CITY MYSTERY
ETHEKWINI Municipality has invested millions of rand in vanished statues of global freedom icons Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo.
In a disappearing act unrivalled by Houdini, the city poured almost R24 million into the project which consisted of two 9m-high bronze statues – the biggest project of its kind in the country and originally commissioned around 2018 – but they are yet to be seen.
The Independent on Saturday has learnt that the R22m contract with the artist Lungelo Gumede was cancelled at the end stages of the job and at least R4m of the money, which was to be used by him to oversee the installation of the
