There’s much for which we can admire ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule: his interest in dairy farming, paternal devotion to his tenderpreneur offspring, apparent ability to magic away both a Pierneef artwork and R255m meant for an asbestos eradication project, and a steely commitment to disregarding Cyril Ramaphosa’s party line, consequences be damned.
This week, those consequences involved the ANC’s provincial executive committee (PEC) in Mpumalanga reinstating a committee member who is facing charges of repeatedly raping two eight-year-olds. This, despite the party’s national executive committee (NEC) decision that “those accused of corruption and other serious crimes against them ought to step aside from their responsibilities”...
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