She said there was indeed a prima facie case against Magashule.Īfter summarising the facts of the allegedly corrupt transaction, she listed specific payments. There was no obligation on the state to specify which witnesses would testify against a specific accused - “more so in cases of corruption and money laundering and the like, such as this one where one act or piece of evidence may implicate multiple accused”. Somaru said a list of all the witnesses in the case had already been provided to Magashule. “This course of conduct is designed with the intent to delay the criminal trial, and avoid Magashule having to plead to the numerous charges he is indicted for,” she said. In court papers filed on Tuesday, prosecutor Navilla Somaru said that everything Magashule had asked for “should be raised during the course of his criminal trial”. Magashule is facing charges of fraud and corruption relating to a R255m tender for an audit of asbestos roofing in the Free State. He also asked the court to compel the prosecution to disclose the names of witnesses who specifically implicate him. The suspended ANC secretary-general has asked the Bloemfontein high court to declare that the state has no case against him capable of successful prosecution, adding that his prosecution was a “smear campaign”.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has said in court papers that Ace Magashule was trying to delay his criminal trial when he asked the high court to declare that there was no prima facie case against him.

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