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24. Baldwin Ndaba, ‘“Prisoner’s claim won’t be investigated”’, IOL, 19 July 2007, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/southafrica/prisoners-claim-wont-be-investigated -362613 (last accessed 23 October 2018).
25. ‘Ngombane: State drops charges’, News24, 27 September 2009, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Ngombane-State-drops-charges-20060927
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26. Ibid.
27. Sapa, ‘Inquiry postponed into Free State official’s murder’, Mail & Guardian, 9
May 2008, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2008-05-09-inquiry-postponed-into-free
-state-officials-murder (last accessed 23 October 2018).
28. Sapa, ‘Ngombane “family unfairly treated”’, IOL, 15 May 2008, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/southafrica/ngombane-family-unfairly-treated-400628 (last accessed 23 October 2018).
29. Rademeyer, ‘Family furious as coffin dug up in bizarre search for gun’.
30. ‘Noby-killing evidence in camera’, News24, 14 May 2008, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Noby-killing-evidence-in-camera-20080513 (last accessed 23 October 2018).
31. Ibid.
CHAPTER 8: ‘BRING YOUR PEOPLE’
1. The department was formerly known as the Department of Local Government and Housing, but was reconfigured after the 2009 general election to constitute the Department of Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements.
The portfolio is generally split into the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the Department of Human Settlements.
2. Auditor-general of South Africa. Go to https://www.agsa.co.za/Reporting.aspx to view the general PFMA reports on the provincial audit outcomes of the Free State, 2011/12
to 2016/17, and the annual reports for the Free State Department of Human Settlements.
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2014.pdf (last accessed 9 October 2018).
4. Free State Department of Human Settlements annual report 2013/14, available at https://provincialgovernment.co.za/department_annual/149/2014-free-state-human -
settlements-annual-report.pdf (last accessed 9 October 2018).
5. Free State Department of Human Settlements annual reports for 2015/16 and 2011/12, available at http://www.humansettlements.fs.gov.za/?page_id=1720 (last accessed 9
October 2018).
6. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
7. Staff reporter, ‘Free State provincial ministers announced’, Mail & Guardian, 11 May 2009, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2009-05-11-free-state-provincial-ministers -
announced (last accessed 9 October 2018).
8. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Mandy de Waal, ‘Ace Magashule’s Potemkin villages of the Free State’, Daily Maverick, 6 March 2013, available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-06-acemagashules-potemkin-villages-of-the-free-state/ (last accessed 19 October 2018).
13. ‘State and party colours’, Public Protector Report No. 1 of 2016/17, available at http://www.pprotect.org/sites/default/files/legislation_report/SKMBT_C55416050601
050.pdf (last accessed 19 October 2018).
14. Free State Department of Human Settlements annual report 2016/17, available at http://www.humansettlements.fs.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Annual%20Report%202016-2017.pdf (last accessed 19
October 2018).
15. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and
Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
16. Ibid.
17. Sue Cullinan and Sello Mabotja, ‘South Africa: Sexwale, the apprentice’, Africa Report, 22 March 2010, available at http://www.theafricareport.com/News-Analysis/southafrica-sexwale-the-apprentice.html (last accessed 10 October 2018).
18. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 projects.
23. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
24. Qaanitah Hunter, ‘Hlaudi sued in R1bn housing “fraud” spree’, Sunday Times, 15
January 2017.
25. ‘Magashule shuffles MEC’s’, News24, 4 February 2011, available at https://www.news24.com/southafrica/politics/magashule-shuffles-mecs-20110204 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
26. Angelique Serrao, ‘State capture arrests: Who are the accused and what are the charges?’, News24, 15 February 2018, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/statecapture-arrests-who-are-the-accused-and-what-are-the-charges-20180215 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
27. Parliamentary Monitoring Group, ‘Fetsa Tlala Food Production initiative &
conditional grants: Provincial departments reporting day 1’, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 21 September 2016, available at https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/23331/ (last accessed 10 October 2018).
28. Beauregard Tromp, ‘Thousands mourn Tatane’, Sunday Independent, 24 April 2011, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/southafrica/free-state/thousands-mourn -tatane-1060727 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
29. Sipho Masondo, Khutso Tsikane and Amukelani Chauke, ‘Police use rubber bullets to disperse protesters’, TimesLive, 12 July 2011, available at https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/southafrica/2011-07-11-police-use-rubber-bullets-to-disperse-protesters/ (last accessed 10 October 2018).
30. Ntwaagae Seleka, ‘Unfinished RDP houses leave residents fuming’, Sowetan, 20
June 2012, available at https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012-06-20-unfinished-rdp
-houses-leave-residents-fuming/ (last accessed 10 October 2018).
31. ‘Power struggle in anti-Magashule group’, The Weekly, 9 March 2012, available at http://theweekly.co.za/?p=3797 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
32. Greg Nicolson, ‘The cast of the holy EFF’, Daily Maverick, 12 July 2013, available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-07-12-the-cast-of-the-holy-eff/ (last accessed 16 October 2018).
33. Sapa, ‘Free State premier fires MEC’, IOL, 22 February 2012, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/free-state-premier-fires-mec-1240513 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
34. Baldwin Ndaba, ‘No sleepless nights over victory’, IOL, 7 August 2016, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/no-sleepless-nights-over-victory-2054391 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
35. Maluti-a-Phofung Water (Pty) Ltd annual report 2011/12.
36. ‘Housing scam exposed’, The Weekly, 6 July 2012, available at http://theweekly.co.za/?p=8132 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
37. Free State Department of Human Settlements annual report 2012/13, available at http://www.humansettlements.fs.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-2013 -
AnnualReport.pdf (last accessed 9 October 2018).
38. ‘SIU approached to look into Free State housing’, South African Government News Agency, 23 August 2012, available at https:/
/www.sanews.gov.za/southafrica/siu-approached-look-free-state-housing (last accessed 10 October 2018).
39. ‘Housing scam exposed’.
40. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
41. ‘Sexwale briefs portfolio committee on housing challenges in the Free State’, SA government media statement, 22 August 2012, available at https://www.gov.za/sexwale-briefs-portfolio-committee-housing-challenges-free-state (last accessed 10 October 2018).
42. SIU annual report 2015/16, available at https://www.siu.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SIU-Annual-Report-2015-2016.pdf (last accessed 10 October 2018).
43. ‘Sexwale briefs portfolio committee on housing challenges in the Free State’.
44. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
45. ‘Sexwale briefs portfolio committee on housing challenges in the Free State’.
46. ‘Sexwale not leaving ANC – report’, News24, 24 December 2012, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Sexwale-not-leaving-ANC-report-20121224 (last accessed 10 October 2018).
47. Sapa, ‘Pule, Sexwale axed in cabinet reshuffle’, IOL, 9 July 2013, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/pule-sexwale-axed-in-cabinet-reshuffle-1544397
(last accessed 10 October 2018).
CHAPTER 9: FALL GUYS AND FAT CATS
1. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. ‘Five top officials dismissed’, New Age, 5 June 2015.
5. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
6. Ibid.
7. ‘State land release gains momentum’, Housing Development Agency, 10 May 2013, available at http://thehda.co.za/index.php/news/single-article/state-land-release -gains-momentum (last accessed 15 October 2018).
8. Free State Department of Social Development annual report 2015/16, available at https://provincialgovernment.co.za/department_annual/402/2016 -free-state-social-development-annual-report.pdf (last accessed 15 October 2018).
9. Staff reporter, ‘PAC’s De Lille names “spies”’, Mail & Guardian, 23 October 1997, available at https://mg.co.za/article/1997-10-23-pacs-de-lille-names-spies (last accessed 15 October 2018).
10. Sam Sole and Stefaans Brümmer, ‘Ngcuka vs Zuma: Inside the spy wars’, Mail &
Guardian, 28 November 2003, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2003-11-28-ngcuka
-vs-zuma-inside-the-spy-wars (last accessed 15 October 2018).
11. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
12. Steve Motale, ‘Company denies any wrongdoing in SAA multimillion-rand tender’, Sunday Independent, 9 July 2017, available at
https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/company-denies-any-wrongdoing-in-saa-multimillion-rand-tender-10203856 (last accessed 15 October 2018).
13. amaBhungane, ‘CSIR’s supercomputer tender and the theatre of the absurd that followed it’, Daily Maverick, 1 July 2016, available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-01-amabhungane-csirs-supercomputer-tender-and-the-theatre-of-the -absurd-that-followed-it/ (last accessed 6
November 2018).
14. Ibid.
15. Vicki Robinson, ‘“Heavy hand” behind hotel deal’, Mail & Guardian, 15 September 2005, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2005-09-15-heavy-hand-behind-hotel-deal (last accessed 6 November 2018).
16. Vicki Robinson, ‘E Cape ruling exposes political ploy’, Mail & Guardian, 23
September 2005, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2005-09-23-e-cape-ruling-exposes-political -ploy (last accessed 6 November 2018).
17. amaBhungane, ‘CSIR’s supercomputer tender and the theatre of the absurd that followed it’.
18. Arbitration matter GPBCI 1385/2015, Bloemfontein.
19. The MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Free State Province) vs Scenic Route Trading 802 CC and others, case 241/2016, Bloemfontein High Court.
20. Qaanitah Hunter, ‘Hlaudi, Mrs M off house-fraud hook’, Sunday Times, 29 January 2017.
21. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 projects.
22. Pieter-Louis Myburgh, ‘Magashule and daughter in money-for-jam property scandal’, News24, 31 January 2018, available at
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/magashule-and-daughter-in-money-for-jam-property-scandal-20180131 (last accessed 16 October 2018).
23. Adriaan Basson and Mandy Rossouw, ‘Premier’s R3-million casino “bribe”’, Mail &
Guardian, 26 June 2009, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2009-06-26-premiers -
r3million-casino-bribe (last accessed 16 October 2018).
24. Centlec annual report 2013/14.
25. Centlec annual report 2015/16, available at http://cms.centlec.co.za/documents/ANNUAL%20REPORT%202015-16.pdf (last accessed 16 October 2018).
26. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 projects.
CHAPTER 10: REWARDING FRIENDS AND PUNISHING FOES
1. Qaanitah Hunter, ‘Hlaudi sued in R1bn housing “fraud” spree’, Sunday Times, 15
January 2017.
2. Luyolo Mnkemtane, ‘Mbalula’s wife denies R1bn tender fraud,’ Daily News, 22
January 2017.
3. Charles Molele, ‘Ace Magashule accused of taking revenge’, Mail & Guardian, 24
August 2012, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2012-08-23-acemagashule-accused-of-taking -revenge (last accessed 16 October 2018).
4. Niren Tolsi, ‘Concourt declares ANC Free State’s PEC unlawful’, Mail & Guardian, 14 December 2012, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2012-12-14-concourt-declares -
anc-free-states-pec-unlawful (last accessed 16 October 2018).
5. ‘Free State ANC to rerun PEC election’, News24, 8 May 2013, available at https://www.news24.com/southafrica/politics/free-state-anc-to-rerun-pec-election-20130508 (last accessed 16 October 2018).
6. ‘Premier on course to reclaim party reins’, Free State Times, May 2013.
7. ‘Free State ANC to rerun PEC election’.
8. ‘Ramakatsa faces ANC expulsion’, Free State Times, May 2013.
9. Twala, ‘The demon of factionalism in an African National Congress (ANC)-led Free State Province (1994–2004)’.
10. ‘Daggers out in leadership battle’, The Weekly, 20 April 2012, available at http://theweekly .co.za/?p=5342 (last accessed 17 October 2018).
11. Jane Steinacker, ‘Free State tenderpreneur scores big’, Sunday Times, 4 April 2010.
12. Ibid.
13. ‘ANC whip sentenced for homicide’, News24, 17 September 2008, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ANC-Whip-sentenced-for-homicide-20080917, and Sapa, ‘ANC mayors, officials get the boot’, IOL, 4 November 2008, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/anc-mayors-officials-get-the-boot-423017 (both last accessed 17 October 2018).
14. Sarah Sarabjiet, ‘Pietermaritzburg Business Support Centre visits India’, Maritzburg Sun, 9 December 2013, available at https://maritzburgsun.co.za/7836/pietermaritzburg-business-support-centre-visits-india/ (last accessed 17 October 2018).
15. Carol Paton, ‘Only Damascene conversion will save Eskom’, Daily Dispatch, 25
January 2018, available at https://www.pressreader.com/southafrica/daily-dispatch/20180125/281706910107282 (last accessed 30 October 2018).
16. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 projects.
17. Mr Seiso Mohai (ANC), People’s Assembly profile, available at https://www.pa.org.za/blog/mr-seiso-mohai-anc (last accessed 17 October 2018).
18. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 projects.
19. Sapa, ‘MEC’s husband guilty of fraud’, IOL, 29 January 2007, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/southafrica/mecs-husband-guilty-of-fraud-312921 (last accessed 17 October 2018).
20. Selloane Khalane, ‘Tsopo ook betrek by VS-huisskandaal’, Volksblad, 25 January 2017.
21. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 projects.
22. Ibid.
23. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 projects.
24. ‘Fouriesburg female contractor scoops award’, The Weekly, 18 May 2012, available at http://theweekly.co.za/?p=6382 (last accessed 17 October 2018).
25. Sapa, ‘FState Tourism Authority “a disaster”’, IOL, 5 February 2013, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/fstate-tourism-authority-a-disaster-1464735 (last accessed 17 October 2018).
26. Progress report on FSHS 2010/11 contracts.
27. Group Ywo Trading Enterprise CC v Construction Industry Development Board (44681/08) [2009] ZAGPPHC 124 (5 August 2009), available at http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAGPPHC/2009/124.html (last accessed 17 October 2018).
28. Pieter-Louis Myburgh, ‘Exposed: ANC secretary general Magashule and daughter involved in dodgy R150 million RDP housing scam’, News24, 28 March 2018, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/exposed-magashule-and-daughter-in -r150m-rdp-housing-scandal-20180328 (last accessed 17 October 2018).
29. N. Mokhesi (HOD FSHS) submission to Free State Provincial Legislature, 4 August 2015.
30. N. Mokhesi (HOD FSHS) submission to Free State Provincial Legislature, 31 July 2018.
CHAPTER 11: REGIME
UNCHANGED
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letlaka (last accessed 11 December 2018).
2. Free State Department of Public Works and Rural Development, 2010/11 budget vote tabled by MEC Fezi Ngubentombi, available at https://www.gov.za/free-state -
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