Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule.JOHANNESURG – Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has suffered yet another blow as his application for leave to appeal his suspension from the party was on Monday dismissed with costs.Magashule had approached the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to appeal a judgment by the same court that was handed down on July 9, dismissing his application to have his suspension from the ANC deemed unconstitutional and invalid.He had sought to submit new evidence not available at the time of his application being dismissed, as well as argue that in their initial judgment the judges demonstrated both actual or perceived bias in reaching their order to dismiss his application, while upholding his own “suspension” of President Cyril Ramaphosa.In a strongly worded ruling, the High Court said “there are no political imperatives which influenced” the court’s decision, or any “prejudgment” of the issue before the court.In its judgment, the court found that the […]
Another blow for Magashule as his court challenge to ANC suspension is dismissed
