Former Free State premier AceMagashule's leadership was characterised by mafia-style tactics of governing, provincial DA leader Patricia Kopane said.
Johannesburg - Former Free State premier Ace Magashule's leadership in the province was characterised by ''mafia-style tactics of governing and rudderless leadership'' from which under-handed business dealings and state capture emerged, provincial DA leader Patricia Kopane said on Monday.
Magashule was premier between 2009 and 2018. He was elected governing African National Congress secretary-general in 2017, a full-time job that required him to be based at Luthuli House, the ruling party headquarters in Johannesburg.These included the Gupta-linked Estina Diary Project and the Old Ramkraal Prison in Bloemfontein. Kopane said the Old Ramkraal Prison was identified as a development site for the new provincial legislature complex.
She said the loan agreement was signed in May 2007 and the funds were transferred prior to the signing of the contract. Magashule resigned as director after the money transfer, Leading Prospect Trading 42 collapsed and was deregistered. No reasons for the loan was given and no security was offered, Kopane said, adding that the loan was never repaid.
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