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Legal blows for Zuma, Magashule

Legal blows for Zuma, Magashule

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE high courts in South Africa have, in separate judgments, dealt blows to former President Jacob Zuma and his political ally, suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. In the Maritzburg High Court, Judge Jerome Mnguni dismissed Zuma’s attempt to have his 15 month sentence, which he has started to serve, set aside. Zuma had applied to have the sentence suspended while the Constitutional Court considered his application to have the sentence rescinded. This application will be heard by the court on July 12. Mnguni said Zuma had not met the requirements for an interim interdict. He said the…
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Magashule’s ex-bodyguard jailed for stealing R8m painting

Magashule’s ex-bodyguard jailed for stealing R8m painting

RICARDO Mettler, former bodyguard of the former Premier of the Free State, Ace Magushule, was sentenced to an effective 15 years imprisonment in the Free State High Court for stealing a Pierneef painting R8-million. Judge Soma Naidoo sentenced Mettler to 15 years for stealing the painting,  a 2nd 15 years for money laundering and a third 15 years for fraud.  The court found that Mettler pretended that the painting was donated to him by Magashule, and that it legally belonged to him. In addition, Judge Naidoo sentenced Mettler to 12 months for making a false statement to the police, in…
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