The trial against former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and 16 co-accused charged with corruption relating to the R255m asbestos roofing tender in the Free State could face yet another delay.
The trial is expected to start Monday but could face more delays, as his former personal assistant Moroadi Cholota is expected to initiate a trial-within-a-trial after the Constitutional Court ordered her matter to be remitted to the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein.
The top court, in a precedent-setting judgment on Friday, partially overturned Free State High Court judge Phillip Loubsers court order setting Cholota free on the basis that her extradition from the US in 2024 was unlawful.
