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South Africa's Magashule "not worried" about arrest warrant report

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The secretary general of South Africa's African National Congress, Ace Magashule, told reporters on Tuesday that he was "not worried" by news reports that an arrest warrant had been issued for him, and said he had done nothing wrong.
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By Reuters
10 Nov
Ace Magashule African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Ace Magashule during a media briefing about his meeting with former president Jacob Zuma on September 11, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Responding to allegations that he met Zuma to discuss a plot to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa, Magashule said he met the former president over organisational issues. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alon Skuy)

"If it happens, it will happen, so I'm not worried at all," he told reporters in footage broadcast by eNCA television.

The Daily Maverick and News24 news websites reported that the warrant was issued for Magashule over a contract awarded while we was premier of the Free State province.

Magashule is one of the top six officials of the governing ANC, in charge of the day-to-day running of the party.

An ANC spokesman did not answer his phone when called by Reuters for comment.

A police spokesman in the Free State province referred questions to the country's elite Hawks police unit. A Hawks spokesperson said: "I don't know about any arrest warrant." (Reporting by Alexander Winning and Emma Rumney; Editing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Jon Boyle)

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Chris Green 10 November 2020 04:08 PM

A Luta Continua - and so the struggle starts to pay dividends, or maybe at least accrue them. With such endemic corruption, we queried why the banks were so tardy in their response, especially with their directors and risk executives being open to R100m fines and/or 10 years in jail (yes, POCA and POCADOTARA were both enforced via on-line multiple choice questions to all bank staff in the late 90's) - and then they found a moral spine, decided to forego the profits and closed the Gupta accounts. So, what could the legal profession do in support - could all the silks/advocates or even the Law profession take a stand and advise that they would not defend such corrupt individuals, stand aside, take the moral higher ground, and let all the under 30 years of age (still to become experienced) practitioners try to defend these crooks !! (Pierre dV, a little guidance, please)

Jacques Labuschagne 10 November 2020 04:27 PM

More fake news? A Hawks spokesperson: "I don't know about any arrest warrant."

Joe Irwin 10 November 2020 04:44 PM

He should be worried. A great deal of research has gone into this investigation and a guy in his position is not arrested unless the charge is watertight.

M D 11 November 2020 10:08 AM

Where have we heard this before ? "I have done nothing wrong". Stinks of Zuma rhetoric. I anticipate a lot of the same Stalingrad tactics, lots of wasted time and money (mostly taxpayers money) and in the end ... same - same ! Still , there does seem to be some progress, so let's try to be optimistic ;-)