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Justice Minister Mmamaloku Kubayi

Justice minister insists she was not put in place to act against Ramaphosa’s enemies

Mmamoloko Kubayi plans to improve access to the courts and deal with their dilapidated condition

Edwin Sodi. (Mlungisi Louw/Gallo Images)

SIU to probe Sodi-linked botched Rooiwal contract

State capture implicated businessman Edwin Sodi was awarded a contract to the value of R291 million for the Rooiwal upgrade, which didn’t take place

Edwin Sodi. (Mlungisi Louw/Gallo Images)

State capture accused Edwin Sodi in R100m Free State toilet scandal

The alleged fraudster also implicated in the Hammanskraal cholera outbreak is linked to a project that was to have replaced bucket toilets

Photo: Gallo Images/City Press/Muntu Vilakazi

The list of NPA state capture arrests starts to grow

Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.

David Masondo’s job is up for grabs in the ongoing negotiations for ministerial positions. (David Harrison)

Treasury lifts tender ban but new regulations have ‘unintended consequences’

Government department accounting officers can now authorise contract deviations that previously had to go through the treasury

Edwin Sodi before his testimony at the Zondo commission.

Zondo fingers Edwin Sodi, Nthimotse Mokhesi and Thabane Zulu in graft in asbestos scandal

The three, along with co-accused Ace Magashule, recently applied to the high court to have charges stemming from the scandal set aside but were unsuccessful

Free State Premier Ace Magashule. (Gallo)

High court dismisses Magashule’s bid to have corruption charges thrown out

The court also dismissed applications by Edwin Sodi and two former Free State officials, saying their objections should be aired in the criminal trial not on a preliminary basis

Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule.

UPDATE: Magashule pleads for asbestos charges to be scrapped, with costs

The state committed two irregularities when it charged suspended ANC secretary-general with corruption relating to the Free State asbestos scandal, lawyer told high court

Former Free State premier Ace Magashule. (Mlungisi Louw/Volksblad/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Court hears argument to drop charges against Magashule’s co-accused, Edwin Sodi

The case for dropping the charges faced by the suspended ANC secretary general himself will be heard on Tuesday

Winding his neck in: Ace Magashule. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Court to hear what state calls ‘Magashule’s bid to stall trial’ in February

The NPA has insisted in an affidavit in response to Ace Magashule’s application for a raft of declaratory orders that he has a prima facie case to answer

Suspense: ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)

Why Ace Magashule witness is refusing to testify

A recording of the Hawks’ interview with a former secretary of the ANC strongman – who faces extradition from the US – gives insight into why the state’s case against him may…

Better days: National Director of Public Prosecutions’ Shamila Batohi (left) and the Investigating Directorate’s Hermione Cronje. (Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images)

NPA battles ghosts past and present

The national director of public prosecutions is up against internal stonewalling that is rooted in the Zuma years of state capture

Suspense: ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)

Magashule’s former personal assistant ‘intimidated’ by Hawks and FBI investigators

Moroadi Cholota, the woman at the heart of the state’s case against Ace Magashule, claims that the Hawks with the assistance of the FBI attempted to coerce and coach a statement…

Denials: Ace Magashule regularly alleges outside court that the state has no case against him. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungisi Louw)

The case against Ace Magashule

The suspended ANC secretary general’s assistant, who is not prepared to testify against him, may be extradited from the US

Former Free State premier Ace Magashule. (Mlungisi Louw/Volksblad/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Magashule’s PA will become co-accused after refusing to turn state witness

The prosecution in Magashule’s corruption trial said Moroadi Cholota refused to cooperate with detectives sent to the US to interview her and she now faces extradition

Winding his neck in: Ace Magashule. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Magashule files notice to have corruption charges dropped

Counsel for the suspended ANC secretary general tells court the former Free State premier falls outside category of who can be charged for corrupt activities

Day in court: Mbana Thabethe, Dr Limakatso Moorosi, Seipati Dhlamini and Iqbal Sharma appeared at the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court in the Estina case. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungusi Louw)

The Zondo commission cases that have made it to the courts

The NPA has begun proceedings based on some of the testimony given at the state capture inquiry

Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule.

Magashule’s trial set for October

Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony

Winding his neck in: Ace Magashule. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Ace Magashule to appear for pre-trial hearings

An ANC Youth League member said at least 500 people are expected to gather near the court precinct in Bloemfontein in support of the suspended secretary general

Former ANC secretary general Ace Magashule.

Ace claims the state’s witness

The ANC’s suspended secretary general believes the state’s witness is, in fact, the defence’s witness