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[2008] ZAFSHC 81 (14 August 2008), available at http://www.saflii.org/cgi-bin/disp
.pl?file=za/cases/ZAFSHC/2008/81.html&query=%20sechaba%20solutions (last accessed 27 November 2018).
12. Free State Department of Human Settlements expenditure records.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Free State Tourism Authority 2011/12 and 2012/13 annual reports.
16. Mohokare Local Municipality 2010/11 annual report.
CHAPTER 21: PLUNDER PLOT
1. Free State provincial government briefing document for Cuba visit, January 2015.
2. ‘DA asks Labour Minister to investigate “slave labour” of Ace’s Cuban engineers’, statement issued by Roy Jankielsohn, leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Free State Provincial Legislature, 7 January 2016, available at https://www.dampl.co.za/2016/01/da-asks-labour-minister-to-investigate-slave-labour-of-aces-cuban-engineers/ (last accessed 27 November 2018).
3. Marietjie Gericke, ‘Kubane kos SA baie geld’, Netwerk24, 1 April 2015, available at https://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Kubane-kos-SA-baie-geld-20150401 (last accessed 27 November 2018).
4. Free State provincial government briefing document for Cuba visit, January 2015.
5. Government Tender Bulletin No. 2796, 18 October 2013, Vol. 580, p. 60, available at https://www.greengazette.co.za/pages/tender-bulletin-2796-of-18-october-2013-vol
-580_20131018-TBN-02796-00060 (last accessed 27 November 2018).
6. Court filings, Bloemfontein High Court, case 3101/2015, The Democratic Alliance v the Head of Department of Human Settlements, Free State Province and Others.
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8. Gcwalisile Khanyile and Piet Rampedi, ‘DG’s R1.4m “bribe”’, Sunday Independent, 2 April 2012, available at https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/dgs-r14m-bribe
-1268185 (last accessed 27 November 2018).
9. ‘Businessman loves the high life’, Sunday World, 6 September 2015, available at https://www.pressreader.com/southafrica/sunday-world/20150906/281556584596736
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10. Sipho Masondo, ‘“Watergate”: Noose tightens around Nomvula Mokonyane’, City Press, 3 August 2016, available at https://city-press.news24.com/News/noose-tightens -
around-nomvula-20160730 (last accessed 28 November 2018).
11. Auditor-general of South Africa, PFMA report 2016/17, ‘Pushbacks by the Department of Water and Sanitation’, Water and Sanitation portfolio committee briefing, 2 November 2017, available at http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1
.amazonaws.com/180327AGSA-Pushbacks.pdf (last accessed 28 November 2018).
12. Court filings, North Gauteng High Court, case 68385/17, Blackhead Consulting v Diamond Hill Trading 71 and Others.
13. ‘Deviations in terms of Regulation 16A6 of Treasury Regulations to the PFMA’, Boqwana Burns, 25 July 2016, available at http://www.boqwanaburns.com/deviations -
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14. Court filings, Bloemfontein High Court, case 3101/2015, The Democratic Alliance v The Head of Department of Human Settlements, Free State Province and Others.
15. ‘Exodus in Gauteng premier’s office blamed on predecessor’, Cape Times, 10
November 2014.
16. Court filings, Bloemfontein High Court, case 3101/2015, The Democratic Alliance v The Head of Department of Human Settlements, Free State Province and Others.
17. Letter from Thabane Zulu to Tim Mokhesi, 13 August 2014.
18. Court filings, North Gauteng High Court, case 68385/17, Blackhead Consulting v Diamond Hill Trading 71 and Others.
19. Matthew le Cordeur, ‘#StateCapture: I was used for something very perverse –
whistleblower’, Fin24, 31 October 2017, available at https://www.fin24.com/Economy/Eskom/live-statecapture-trillian-contracts-with-eskom-under-microscope-20171031 (last accessed 28 November 2018).
20. Court filings, Bloemfontein High Court, case 3101/2015, The Democratic Alliance v The Head of Department of Human Settlements, Free State Province and Others.
21. ‘State of Capture’, Public Protector Report No. 6 of 2016/17, available at https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/state-of-capture-full-text-of-thuli-madonselas-rep (last accessed 4 December 2018).
22. Amil Umraw, ‘Treasury wants the Hawks to investigate Koko and Singh’, TimesLive, 16 November 2018, available at https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/2018-11 -16-treasury-wants-the-hawks-to-investigate-koko-and-singh/ (last accessed 4 December 2018).
23. Court filings, North Gauteng High Court, case 68385/17, Blackhead Consulting v Diamond Hill Trading 71 and Others.
CHAPTER 22: A BLUEPRINT FOR
BRIBES
1. ‘Malema exposé: #NomvulaLikesEmYoung, Mabala Noise’, IOL, 5 August 2016, available at https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/malema-expose-nomvulalike semyoung-mabala-noise-2054008 (last accessed 28 November 2018).
CHAPTER 23: HAVANA NIGHTS
1. Tax Justice Network, Financial Secrecy Index 2018, ‘Narrative report on Cayman Islands’, available at http://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/PDF/CaymanIslands.pdf (last accessed 29 November 2018).
2. Pieter-Louis Myburgh, ‘The great art heist: ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule in
“stolen” Pierneef painting debacle’, Daily Maverick, 22 October 2018, available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-10-22-the-great-art-heist-anc-secretary -
general-ace-magashule-in-stolen-pierneef-painting-debacle/ (last accessed 30
November 2018).
CHAPTER 24: ACE SHOWS HIS
HAND
1. Marietjie Gericke, ‘Ace se tentakels “ook om Macufe geslaan”’, Netwerk24, 18
October 2018, available at https://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Politiek/ace-se-tentakels-ook -om-macufe-geslaan-20181018 (last accessed 3 December 2018).
2. ‘Free State premier takes Operation Hlasela to Kroonstad’, FS News Online, 4 August 2017, available at http://fsnewsonline.co.za/free-state-premier-takes-operation-hlasela -
to-kroonstad/ (last accessed 3 December 2018).
3. Refiloe Mokoena SARS profile, available at http://www.sars.gov.za/About/PeopleSARS/Exco/Pages/Refiloe-Mokoena.aspx (last accessed 3 December 2018).
4. Pauli van Wyk, ‘Scorpio: The Moyane Dossier, Part 1 – How SARS boss disregarded the law to pay Guptas’ VAT refund’, Daily Maverick, 16 March 2018, available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-16-scorpio-the-moyane-dossier-part-1-how-sars-boss-disregarded-the-law-to-pay-guptas-vat-refund/ (last accessed 3
December 2018).
CHAPTER 25: THE ANC’S ASBESTOS BENEFITS
1. Tiisetso Makhele, ‘Lessons from Cuba’, The Weekly, 3 June 2016, available at http://theweekly.co.za/?p=19660 (last accessed 3 December 2018).
2. SABC Digital News, ‘Mantashe calls on municipalities to do an audit of redistributed land’, 6 February 2016, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=VSwzyyWX8zE (last accessed 3 December 2018).
3. Inge Strydom, ‘Zuma won’t run for third term, says ANC’, News24, 10 February 2016, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Express-News/zuma-wont -run-for-third-term-says-anc-20160209 (last accessed 3 December 2018).
4. Kherbert, ‘“All must share in wealth”’, Express, 10 February 2016, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Express-News/all-must-share-in-wealth
-20160209 (last accessed 3 December 2018).
CHAPTER 26: ZIZI
1. Sibongakonke Shoba, ‘Premier’s man says it’s time to spin good news’, Sunday Times, 29
September 2013.
2. Kyle Cowan, ‘Bosasa ran “the country like an underworld, like a mafia” state – ANC’s Kodwa’, News24, 25 January 2019, available at
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/bosasa-ran-the-country-like-an-underworld-like-a-mafia-state-ancs-kodwa -20190125 (last accessed 3 February 2019).
3. Ibid.
CHAPTER 27: THE LAST CASH RUN
1. Free State Government Tender Bulletin No. 24, 24 June 2016, p. 3, available at https://www.greengazette.co.za/documents/tender-bulletin-for-free-state-24-of-24-june
-2016_20160624-TFS-00024.pdf (last accessed 4 December 2018).
2. Presentation by 605 Consulting Solutions to FSHS, ‘Implementation of Water and Sewer Networks in the Free State Province’, 29 August 2016.
3. Mahlatse Gallens, ‘Mbalula tweets slam Magashule’, News24, 15 June 2017, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/mbalula-tweets-slam-magashule-20170615 (last accessed 4 December 2018).
4. Afro World View TV, ‘Magashule responds to Mbalula’, 17 June 2017, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzpUkIzb_g (last accessed 4 December 2018).
CHAPTER 29: NAS(W)REC(K) 1. Mahlatse Gallens, ‘Mbalula tweets slam Magashule’, News24, 15 June 2017.
2. Matuma Letsoalo and Govan Whittles, ‘Cyril to Supra: Step down or be fired’, Mail
& Guardian, 4 May 2018, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2018-05-04-00-cyril-to -
supra-step-down-or-be-fired (last accessed 18 December 2018); Aphiwe Deklerk,
‘North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo to take “early retirement”’, TimesLive, 23
May 2018, available at https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-05-23-supra -
mahumapelo-on-early-retirement/ (last accessed 18 December 2018).
3. Gallens, ‘Mbalula tweets slam Magashule’.
4. Afro World View TV, ‘Magashule responds to Mbalula’, 17 June 2017.
5. Bloemfontein High Court, case number 5942/2017, Tumelo John Mokoena and Others v Elias Magashule and Others.
6. ‘Mbalo eyes top ANC post’, The Weekly, 13 April 2012, available at http://theweekly
.co.za/?p=5112 (last accessed 4 December 2018).
7. Bloemfontein High Court, case number 5942/2017, Tumelo John Mokoena and Others v Elias Magashule and Others.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. ‘Zuma-supporting Free State “gangster” mayor due to make a comeback – DA’, The Citizen, 3 August 2018, available at
https://citizen.co.za/news/southafrica/1990903/zuma-supporting-free-state-gangster-mayor-due-to-make-a-comeback-da/ (last accessed 18 December 2018); Juniour Khumalo, ‘Ace Magashule still a divisive figure in the Free State’, City Press, 12
November 2018, available at https://city-press.news24 .com/News/acemagashule-still-a-divisive-figure-in-the-free-state-20181112 (last accessed 18 December 2018).
11. Bloemfontein High Court, case number 5942/2017, Tumelo John Mokoena and Others v Elias Magashule and Others.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Tshidi Madia, ‘ANC Free State holds “surprise” provincial general council’, News24, 28 November 2017, available at
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/anc-free-state-holds-surprise-provincial-general-council-20171128 (last accessed 4 December 2018).
18. Ibid.
19. Tshidi Madia, ‘Free State endorses team Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’, News24, 28
November 2017, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/free-state-endorses-team-nkosazana-dlamini-zuma-20171128 20171128 (last accessed 4
December 2018).
20. Tshidi Madia, ‘Ace Magashule stays on as ANC chairperson in the Free State’, News24, 11 December 2017, available at
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/just-in -acemagashule-stays-on-as-anc-chairperson-in-free-state-20171211 (last accessed 18 December 2018).
21. Dineo Bendile, ‘Still no start in sight for ANC Free State conference’, Mail &
Guardian, 10 December 2017, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2017-12-10-still-no
-start-in-sight-for-anc-free-state-conference (last accessed 18 December 2018).
22. Madia, ‘Ace Magashule stays on as ANC chairperson in the Free State’.
23. Lizeka Tandwa, ‘ANC Free State PEC, several branches barred from attending elective conference’, News24, 15 December 2017, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/just-in-anc-free-state-pec-several-branches-barred-from -attending-elective-conference-20171215 (last accessed 18
December 2018).
24. The only unsuccessful Top Six contender who could have surpassed his opponent with the help of eighty additional votes was Magashule’s challenger, former KwaZulu -
Natal premier Senzo Mchunu. However, the Free State branch members who were barred from attending Nasrec most likely would have been Magashule supporters.
25. Paddy Harper, ‘Senzo yields but the fight goes on’, Mail & Guardian, 21 December 2017, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2017-12-21-00-senzo-yields-but-the-fight -
goes-on (last accessed 18 December 2018).
26. Ra’eesa Pather, ‘Supra Mahumapelo: If they recount SG votes, they must recount entire top six’, Mail & Guardian, 19 December 2017, available at
https://mg.co.za/article/2017-12-19-supra-mahumapelo-if-they-recount-sg-votes-they-must-recount -the-entire-top-six (last accessed 18 December 2018).
27. ‘Here is the ANC’s new top 6’, News24, 18 December 2017, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/meet-the-ancs-new-top-6-20171218 (last accessed 18 December 2018).
28. Tshidi Madia and Mahlatse Mahlase, ‘Mchunu supporters question his defeat as ANC SG’, News24, 19 December 2017, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/mchunu-supporters-question-his-defeat-as-anc-sg-20171219 (last accessed 18 December 2018).
29. Genevieve Quintal and Claudi Mailovich, ‘Ace Magashule claws onto ANC
secretary -general role after another recount’, Business Day, 20 December 2017, available at https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/politics/2017-12-20-acemagashule-claws-onto-anc -secretary-general-role-after-another-recount/ (last accessed 18
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30. Lizeka Tandwa and Mahlatse Mahlase, ‘Ramaphosa camp admits defeat over SG
votes, but Mchunu expected to go to court’, News24, 20 December 2017, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ramaphosa-camp-admits-defeat-over-sg-votes -but-mchunu-expected-to-go-to-court-20171220 (last accessed 18 December 2018).
31. Bheki Mbanjwa, Khaya Koko and Lebogang Seale, ‘Bid to save ANC conference’, The Star, 20 December 2017.
32. Naledi Shange, ‘ANC to meet lawyers of 68 “missing voters”’, Business Day, 22
December 2017, available at https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/politics/2017-12-22 -
anc-to-meet-lawyers-of-68-missing-votes/ (last accessed 18 December 2018).
33. Ziyanda Ngcobo, Barry Bateman and Rahima Essop, ‘Magashule to remain ANC
secretary-general as vote discrepancy clarified’, EWN, 20 December 2017, available at https://ewn.co.za/2017/12/20/magashule-to-remain-anc-secretary-general-as-vote -
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34. Tandwa and Mahlase, ‘Ramaphosa camp admits defeat over SG votes, but Mchunu expected to go to court’.
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Magashule’, News24, 25 February 2018, available at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/mchunu-to-work-full-time-at-luthuli-house-magashule-20180225 (last accessed 18 December 2018).
36. Athandiwe Saba, ‘“Jobs for votes” scandal rocks ANC’, Mail & Guardian, 9 March 2018, available at https://mg.co.za/article/2018-03-09-00-jobs-for-votes-scandal-rocks-anc (last accessed 18 December 2018).
CHAPTER 30: NEW DAWN, OLD GUARD
1. Ernest Mabuza,
‘Magashule’s office cooperating with Hawks’, TimesLive, 26 January 2018, available at https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-01-26-magashules-office -
cooperating-with-the-hawks/ (last accessed 6 February 2019).
2. Bernadette Wolhuter and Thami Magubane, ‘Mixed reaction to new top cop General Khehla John Sithole’, IOL, 23 November 2017, available at https://www.iol.co.za/news/mixed-reaction-to-new-top-cop-general-khehla-john-sithole-12124242 (last accessed 6 February 2019).
3. ‘National commissioner appoints two deputy national commissioners’, media statement from National Media Centre, Corporate Communication, South African Police Service, 1 December 2017, available at
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4. Juniour Khumalo, ‘Mbalula: I had nothing to do with plan to syphon millions from SAPS’, City Press, 22 January 2019, available at https://city-press.news24.com/News/mbalula-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-plan-to-syphon-millions-from-saps-20190122 (last accessed 6 February 2019).
5. Marianne Thamm, ‘Nasrec plot: IPID targets senior SAPS members and former ministerial adviser in ANC vote-buying scandal’, Daily Maverick, 7 January 2019, available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-01-07-nasrec-plot-ipid -
targets-senior-saps-members-and-former-ministerial-adviser-in-anc-vote-buying -
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6. Eric Naki, ‘Ace is sweet-talking Cyril “because he knows he’s being watched”’, Citizen, 2 October 2018, available at
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7. Qaanitah Hunter and Jeff Wicks, ‘Exposed: Zuma plot to oust Cyril’, Sunday Times, 9
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Abbreviations
ABT: alternative building technologies AG: auditor-general ANC: African National Congress AZASO: Azanian Students Organisation BGM: branch general meeting CDP: Contractor Development Programme CEO: chief executive officer CFO: chief financial officer CIDB: Construction Industry Development Board CIPC: Companies and Intellectual Property Commission COO: chief operating officer COPE: Congress of the People COSAS: Congress of South African Students DA: Democratic Alliance DG: director general DPRT: Department of Police, Roads and Transport EFF: Economic Freedom Fighters EPHP: Enhanced People’s Housing Process ERP: expenditure recovery plan FDC: Free State Development Corporation FSHS: Free State Department of Human Settlements HOD: head of department HSS: housing subsidy system ILC: Interim Leadership Committee IPW: instruction to perform work JV: joint venture KZN: KwaZulu-Natal MEC: member of the executive council MK: Umkhonto we Sizwe MP: member of Parliament MPL: member of the provincial legislature NCOP: National Council of Provinces NEC: National Executive Committee NIA: National Intelligence Agency NPA: National
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