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FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

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Mkhwebane didn't care about Vrede dairy farm report criticism, inquiry hears

By Lindsay Dentlinger

Former investigator in the Office of the Public Protector, Nditheni Raedani told Parliament that he had cautioned Mkhwebane against removing parts of the report...

  • Ace Magashule. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News.

    Former investigator: Mkhwebane had a private meeting with Magashule

    This was after Parliament requested the Public Protector’s office to investigate the role of politicians in the Vrede Dairy farm project.

    one day ago
  • FILE: Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule appeared before the Bloemfontein High Court for a pre-trial of his corruption case on 10 June 2022. Picture:: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    Magashule loses last legal bid to overturn suspension as ANC secretary-general

    The Constitutional Court has dismissed his application for leave to appeal, explaining that there is no reasonable prospect for success.

    2 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Mkhwebane declined subpoenas for politicians in Vrede farm probe, Parly hears

    Sphelo Samuel who is head of the Public Protector's Office in the Free State is testifying against Mkhwebane.

    17 days ago
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    Court grants former official R100,000 bail in irregular FS asbetos tender case

    The matter is in connection with the R255 million asbestos tender issued by the Free State government in 2014.

    23 days ago
  • FILE: Ace Magashule and Jessie Duarte at the ANC provincial general council on 28 November 2017. Picture: Twitter/@MYANC

    Magashule: Duarte wanted some of the ANC issues to come out once she is no more

    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.

    26 days ago
  • Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands President Cyril Ramaphosa the final part of his report into state capture on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Picture: GCIS

    ANC to use Zondo's report as guidance for renewal programme

    The ruling party had previously admitted to the commission that its own weaknesses may have enabled state capture.

    51 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule appeared before the Bloemfontein High Court for a pre-trial of his corruption case on 10 June 2022. Picture:: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    Zondo recommends Magashule be criminally investigated over Vrede dairy farm

    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.

    51 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule appeared before the Bloemfontein High Court for a pre-trial of his corruption case on 10 June 2022. Picture:: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    How will Magashule plead at corruption trial? Not guilty, he says

    Ace Magashule has told the Bloemfontein High Court that he plans to plead not guilty in the corruption case against him.

    63 days ago
  • 'I will contest ANC conference, charge or no charge!' - Magashule defiant after court appearance

    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

    64 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule appeared before the Bloemfontein High Court for a pre-trial of his corruption case on 10 June 2022. Picture:: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    Corruption-accused Ace Magashule pins pre-trial postponement on NPA

    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.

    64 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and his co-accused appeared at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on 11 August 2021 on charges of money laundering, theft, and corruption relating to a R250 million asbestos project in the Free State. Picture: Melinda Stuurman/Pool.

    Magashule, 16 co-accused due back in court for fraud, corruption case

    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.

    64 days ago
  • Members of the People’s Movement hold placards outside the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on 2 October 2020 where 7 suspects are appearing on corruption charged related to a multi-million rand Free State asbestos project. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    State capture report p4: Highlights on Eskom, FS asbestos and dodgy tenders

    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.

    106 days ago
  • From left, eThekwini ANC deputy chairperson Themba Ntuli, secretary, Musa Nciki, and deputy secretary, Nkosenhle Madlala. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Nothing wrong with national leaders addressing conference - eThekwini ANC

    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.

    124 days ago
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    ANC vow to renew itself is failing: A look at what taints leadership contenders

    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.

    125 days ago
  • FILE: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the party's January 8 statement at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo on 8 January 2022. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter

    YONELA DIKO: Ramaphosa's ANC: Are the good guys finally in charge?

    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.

    128 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule appears in the Bloemfontein High Court on 11 August 2021. Picture: Felix Dlangamandla/Pool

    Magashule, others fail to have corruption charges in asbestos case dropped

    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.

    138 days ago
  • Bathabile Dlamini at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 24 November 2021. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Contentious changes to ANC subcommittees are here to stay as Dlamini awaits fate

    ANC Women’s League President Bathabile Dlamini is a step closer to being asked to “step aside” after she was found guilty of perjury.

    139 days ago
  • 'I'm not anyone’s sniper' - One-on-one with ANC's Gwen Ramokgopa

    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

    150 days ago
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