The prosecuting authority says in court papers that Ace Magashule has a case to answer in the criminal court.
07 December 2021 - 19:51The NPA accuses suspended ANC secretary-general and former Free State premier Ace Magashule of trying to delay his criminal trial.The National Prosecuting Authority has said in court papers that Ace Magashule was trying to delay his criminal trial when he asked the high court to declare that there was no prima facie case against him.
In court papers filed on Tuesday, prosecutor Navilla Somaru said that everything Magashule had asked for “should be raised during the course of his criminal trial”. “In all circumstances, since the payments were made at the instruction of Magashule, or at least were requested in his knowledge, there is a case for him to meet,” said Somaru.
Attaching a November 2020 email, in which she had assured the NPA of her “100% co-operation in this matter”, Somaru said that, until a recent interview with her in the US last month, the NPA thought Cholota would be a state witness — “which was in keeping with the impression she created”.
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