Ace Magashule’s Leave To Appeal His ANC Suspension Dismissed By The High Court In Johannesburg

SUSPENDED ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule’s application for a leave to appeal his suspension from the ANC has been dismissed with costs.

Magashule was also seeking the validation of his own suspension of President Cyril Ramaphosa, which was also dismissed by the court because his counsel, advocate Dali Mpofu SC, was not telling the truth in his submission that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s counsel stated  their client was not going to be told by them when to file papers since he was the country’s number one.

The Johannesburg High Court found that there were no reasonable prospects that an appeals court could rule differently.

During the original application Magashule mounted against the ANC and Ramaphosa, the president filed his affidavit late but asked for condonation, which was granted by the court.

But in his application for leave to appeal, Magashule claimed Ramaphosa’s lawyers had stated: “The applicant [Magashule] ought to understand that