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Top A.N.C. Official Charged With Corruption in South Africa
The secretary general of the governing African National Congress faces
21 charges including kickbacks and fraud, in a case likely to deepen
divisions within the party.
Ace Magashule, the secretary general of the African National Congress,
appeared in court on corruption charges in Bloemfontein, South Africa,
on Friday.
Ace Magashule, the secretary general of the African National Congress,
appeared in court on corruption charges in Bloemfontein, South Africa,
on Friday.Credit...Conrad Bornman/EPA, via Shutterstock
ByMonica Mark
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JOHANNESBURG — A top member of South Africa’s governing African National
Congress party appeared in court on Friday, charged with corruption, in
a rare sign that powerful members of the party could be held to account
forendemic pilfering of public funds under former President Jacob Zuma
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/world/africa/south-africa-corruption-jacob-zuma-african-national-congress.html>.
Ace Magashule, the party’s secretary general, was charged with 21 counts
including fraud, money laundering and corruption, in a court in
Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State province, where he headed
the government for nearly a decade. Mr. Magashule, who denies any
wrongdoing, was released on bail.
Mr. Magashule is considered one of the A.N.C.’s “top six
<https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/meet-the-ancs-new-top-6-20171218>”
— the most influential members of the party that has governed South
Africa since the end of white minority rule in 1994. He oversees the
day-to-day running of the party, and his arrest could, in theory, push
him to leave the influential position.
Earlier this year, the partyrequested
<https://twitter.com/CyrilRamaphosa/status/1297459045041868801?s=20>that
all members facing graft charges step aside until their cases were
resolved, althoughdozens of midlevel officials
<https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2020-09-06-at-least-20-anc-eastern-cape-members-to-be-asked-to-step-aside-as-party-cleans-up/>have
yet to follow that guidance.
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But this case is profoundly consequential for both Mr. Magashule and the
A.N.C. He is the highest-profile serving politician to face charges
since Cyril Ramaphosa was elected president two years ago in a fiercely
contested leadership race. In a fractious party, Mr. Magashule has
emerged as a top rival to Mr. Ramaphosa, instead throwing his support
behind the former president, Mr. Zuma.
The charges against Mr. Magashule are related to a government contract
to survey low-income houses built with asbestos. The contract, worth 225
million rand, or around $14.4 million, was awarded in 2014, while Mr.
Magashule was still the head of the Free State, but six years on, many
residents say their homes were never checked or fixes made. Prosecutors
allege that the companies awarded the contract outsourced the work at a
fraction of the original cost, and subsequently funneled millions to
accounts accessed by**A.N.C. associates.
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ImageSupporters of Mr. Magashule gathered outside the court.
Supporters of Mr. Magashule gathered outside the court.Credit...Conrad
Bornman/EPA, via Shutterstock
The lengthy charges ranged from minor kickbacks to plundering millions
from the state coffers, implicating 13 people in total and five
companies. Prosecutors allege that Mr. Magashule and other defendants
stole public funds worth $13.7 million, in one case. The prosecutors say
Mr. Magashule also accepted $3,431 from a businessman who is also facing
the court to pay the school fees of his personal assistant, Refiloe
Mokoena, who is now serving as a witness for the state. Another
allegation involves Mr. Magashule’s directing around $16,000 be paid to
a travel company to fund a trip to Cuba for party members.
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Mr. Magashule arrived in court on Friday without the leg shackles
usually worn by defendants, as thousands of supporters rallied outside.
Dressed in a sharp suit, he struck a relaxed pose, smiling and posing
for court photographers.
Image
A dairy farmer arriving at an auction in Vrede, Free State, in 2018.
A dairy farmer arriving at an auction in Vrede, Free State, in
2018.Credit...Joao Silva/The New York Times
With the party facing mounting public anger over the looting of funds
meant for victims of thecoronavirus pandemic
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/world/africa/coronavirus-south-africa-aid-corruption.html>by
some party members and their allies, Mr. Ramaphosa has intensified
anti-graft messaging in recent months. After winning the internal party
election with promises of “anew dawn
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/world/africa/south-africa-ramaphosa.html>,”
he has found his attempts to address the issue repeatedly undermined by
allies of his predecessor.
The governmentestimates
<https://www.ft.com/content/e0991464-ee79-11e9-bfa4-b25f11f42901>that at
least 500 billion rand, or around $32 billion, was stolen through
systemic political corruption during Mr. Zuma’s tenure. Mr. Zuma himself
isfacing charges of corruption
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/world/africa/jacob-zuma-south-africa-corruption.html>relating
to a 1999 arms deal he brokered when he was deputy president.
Mr. Magashule has been implicated in several past corruption scandals.
Perhaps the highest-profile,the Vrede dairy farm case
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/world/africa/south-africa-corruption-jacob-zuma-african-national-congress.html>,
saw $21 million intended as aid for aspiring Black farmers instead
funneled to the A.N.C.’s political allies. The episode came to symbolize
widespread corruption under Mr. Zuma’s tenure and accusations that the
party had betrayed poor Black South Africans. No charges were ultimately
filed against Mr. Magashule in that case.
‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption
April 16, 2018
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/world/africa/south-africa-corruption-jacob-zuma-african-national-congress.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article>
Although the charges announced on Friday could take years to reach a
conclusion, experts say they may represent a crossroads for the A.N.C.
“There are so many contradictory noises about who the real A.N.C. is —
is it the cleanup A.N.C. or the inherently corrupt A.N.C.?” said Susan
Booysen, an author and professor at the University of the Witwatersrand
in Johannesburg. “This ambiguity of who and what the A.N.C. is, that’s
actually on the bench — and the A.N.C. continues to survive and do well
because of this ambiguity.”
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But the case has also drawn an emotional response from many members of
the public. During his premiership, Mr. Magashule, a former
anti-apartheid fighter, led a drive to recruit tens of thousands of new,
younger members to the party, and he remains a popular figure.
Thousands of his supporters walked through the streets of Bloemfontein
waving banners with messages of support on Friday. Many were dressed in
the gold, black and green of the A.N.C. or in military fatigues, a nod
to the apartheid resistance roots of the party.
Dancing and singing apartheid-era liberation songs, one group carried a
giant cutout of Mr. Magashule’s head.
“You will never silence the roaring voice of the Black majority,” the
message below read.
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