Corruption accused and suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has made unsubstantiated claims that the case against him has been purposefully delayed so he will not be able to contest the national ANC elective conference in December.
Suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule intends applying for leave to appeal after the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein dismissed his and his co-accused's legal challenges to the validity of the "asbestos heist" prosecution against them. Judge Soma Naidoo last month dismissed all the accused's applications with costs.
In court papers filed last week, Ace Magashule said that the high court erred in its decision to dismiss his bid to have his charges in the Free State asbestos tender scam case overturned.
Civil proceedings are an inappropriate forum to consider the merits of the state’s criminal case against suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and co-accused, the Bloemfontein high court said in a judgment on Monday.