CHARLES MOLELE and THEBE MABANGA
The ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has been granted bail of R200 00 after he briefly appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday in a case that is likely to deepen divisions with the governing party.
Magashule, one of the most powerful and senior leaders of the African National Congress, is facing 20 counts of fraud, corruption, money-laundering and the Prevention of Organized Crime Act (POCA).
The state earlier submitted that bail be set at R250,000 but his legal representative, Lauren Hodes to the court that Magashule cannot afford the proposed bail amount.
Magistrate Amos Moos eventually granted bail to the amount of R200 000.
He said Magashule should not have any contact with the State Witness – his former personal assistant Moroadi Cholota, who is currently in the United States, according to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
Magashule’s case was characterized by ugly scenes
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