Johnathan Paoli
THE case against former personal assistant to erstwhile Free State Premier and current African Congress of Transformation (ACT) leader Ace Magashule – Moroadi Cholota – has been postponed till Tuesday.
Cholota appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s court on Monday, accused of facilitating financial favours from business owners on behalf of Magashule.
Advocate for the accused, Loyiso Makapela delivered Cholota’s written affidavit and said that despite the charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering, the State had no tangible evidence to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
In the affidavit Cholota said: “The law requires that the State prove the case against me beyond a reasonable doubt. I am certain that it will fail to do so as it has no evidence that links me to any fraud, corruption or money laundering. I thus intend to plead not guilty in the envisaged trial”.
Cholota, who returned to the
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