Free state
AfriForum, Solidarity: Malema needs to be prosecuted for comments about police
The groups laid a criminal complaint against Malema for the comments he made at a rally in the Free State on Sunday.
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule will face charges relating to the multi-million rand asbestos project.
The delay comes on the back of what the State said were 'outstanding issues' involving investigations.
The National Prosecuting Authority said additional charges would be added against the accused including former Mangaung Mayor Olly Mlameli and Free State head of human settlements Nthimotse Mokhesi.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that a warrant of arrest has been issued for African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule, who is set to appear in court in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Poverty wreaking havoc in Free State, while state corruption is running rampant.
Pieter Hills was shot dead at his Swartpan farm just outside Hennenman in the Free State early on Friday.
Thundershowers are expected to lash in most parts of the province on Thursday, with concerns about strong winds in some places.
Agri SA’s Christo van der Rheede said that they supported calls for the regions affected by wildfires to be declared disaster areas.
Members were protesting outside the ANC’s headquarters at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Monday.
ANC members from the Free State marched to Luthuli House in Johannesburg on 19 October 2020. The members, many of whom are beneficiaries of the failed Estina Dairy Farm project, said they wanted corrupt people in the ANC to be held accountable for the rife corruption in the province. Others were angry about the asbestos project and wanted those involved to go to jail.
Last week, Malema tweeted the words “Magwala a chechele morago!” Which translates to cowards move to the back, fighters attack.
Earlier on Thursday, a motorcade of supporters gathered at the Grasmere Toll Plaza, driving slowly to the CBD to deliver a memorandum of grievances in relation to how Ace Magashule was being treated.
Over 1,000 protesters on Tuesday stormed the Senekal Magistrates Court over the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner whose body was found tied to a pole in Senekal last week.
Brendin Horner’s (22) badly beaten body was found tied to a pole on Friday.
The unit has attached assets that were allegedly purchased using cash from the 2014 asbestos tender in the Free State.
The unit is attaching assets that were allegedly purchased using cash from the 2014 asbestos scandal in the Free State.
Officials have been rounding up suspects this week, with top government officials and business owners being handcuffed over the dodgy multi-million rand asbestos project in the Free State.
Six of the seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the R255 million project.