The Bloemfontein High Court has postponed the pre-trial hearing in former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s R255 million.
The case has been postponed to 10th of June 2022.
Magashule and 15 others face charges of fraud, corruption, theft and money laundering relating to a R255-million contract for assessing and removing asbestos from low cost houses in the province.
They all face over 70 charges.
The other co-accused include former senior civil servants such as ex-head of human settlements Nthimotse ‘Tim’ Mokhesi, the former Mangaung mayor and ex-MEC for human settlements Olly Mlamleli, and businessman Edwin Sodi.
The case dates back to 2014, when the provincial human settlements department awarded an asbestos assesment and removal contract worth R255 million to companies Diamond Hill and Blackhead Consulting.
It later emerged only R21 million worth of work – which was outsourced to a company with actual experience in the field was conducted.
