This was after Parliament requested the Public Protector’s office to investigate the role of politicians in the Vrede Dairy farm project.
The Constitutional Court has dismissed his application for leave to appeal, explaining that there is no reasonable prospect for success.
Sphelo Samuel who is head of the Public Protector's Office in the Free State is testifying against Mkhwebane.
The matter is in connection with the R255 million asbestos tender issued by the Free State government in 2014.
Insiders say a handshake and light banter between Ace Magashule and party president Cyril Ramaphosa at Duarte’s home on Sunday meant nothing in the greater battle for the soul of the ANC.
The ruling party had previously admitted to the commission that its own weaknesses may have enabled state capture.
In the commission’s final report, published on Wednesday night, it found that the disastrous deal had happened as a result of Ace Magashule’s pursuit of the Guptas’ agenda.
Ace Magashule has told the Bloemfontein High Court that he plans to plead not guilty in the corruption case against him.
Former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule made a brief appearance at the Bloemfontein High Court where his case, along with 16 other co-accused, was again postponed, this time to 23 September 2022. Magashule said that this was all a calculated ploy to restrict him from contesting the ruling party’s national elective conference in December. #acemagashule #anc #cyrilramaphosa #stepaside
Magashule and his several co-accused face over 70 counts of corruption, fraud and money laundering linked to a 2015 asbestos tender amounting R255 million.
Ace Magashule and his co-accused, including former Mangaung mayor Olly Mlamleli and businessman Edwin Sodi, were arrested in November 2020 in connection with the 2015 asbestos tender amounting to R255 million.
Some 16 individuals and entities - among them former Free State premier and now suspended secretary-general of the ANC, Ace Magashule - are already facing criminal charges in connection with the saga.
Embattled former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and convicted perjuror Bathabile Dlamini were all in Durban for the eThekwini regional conference, with video footage of Mkhize addressing delegates circulating on social media.
ANC members in the coming months will elect provincial leaders as part of the organisation's preparations towards its much-anticipated elective conference in December where new national leadership will be elected.
In a space of five years, the NEC, legislature caucuses, provinces and regions have been transformed into believers of the Ramaphosa leadership as both the leader ANC needs and the leader of our country's aspirations.
The group is facing multiple charges over the R255 million 2014 contract to assess and remove asbestos housing material in the Free State. Magashule was premier of the province at the time.
ANC Women’s League President Bathabile Dlamini is a step closer to being asked to “step aside” after she was found guilty of perjury.
Eyewitness News had a one-on-one interview with African National Congress NEC member, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, who gave her opinions on the party’s step aside rule pertaining to its women’s league president, Bathabile Dlamini; party president Cyril Ramaphosa’s expected run for a second term and also on her position should she be asked to step in as ANC secretary-general. #ANC #GwenRamokgopa #CyrilRamaphosa
