Magashule must face trial, high court rules
“The court tasked with adjudicating a criminal trial is the forum which must be approached with regard to challenges or objections relating to criminal charges, during the course of the criminal trial,” said Judge Soma Naidoo, adding that the application could be heard in “a trial-within-a-trial to determine the admissibility of disputed evidence, which this court is unable to do”.
Magashule and 15 others face charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering, and various other statutory contraventions linked to a contract awarded by the Free State Department of Human Settlements for the assessment and audit of homes with asbestos roofing. His complaint included that the prosecutor assigned to the case, Advocate Johannes De Nysschen, initially claimed that his former PA Moroadi Cholota was a state witness, but she was later declared an accused.He also alleges that the prosecution against him, and the timing thereof, is politically motivated. I refrain from dealing with these details.
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