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A trial within a trial at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on May 5, 202 to test the court’s jurisdiction of former Premier, Ace Magashule’s PA, Moroadi Cholota’s extradition claims.
The Free State government’s termination of former premier Ace Magashule’s former personal assistant Moroadi Cholota’s bursary is at the centre of her cross-examination in the High Court in Bloemfontein.
Magashule’s lawyer Laurence Hodes is conducting the cross-examination.
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The trial within a trial follows Cholota’s questioning of the jurisdiction of the court saying her extradition from the US was unlawful.
Hodes says the aim of terminating Cholota’s bursary was to force her to return home.
“Secondly, we believe that thereafter they issued an ultimatum that either you cooperate with the police or we are going to terminate your bursary. That cooperation meant implicating Mr Magashule, and thereafter, when she didn’t cooperate, they actually did terminate.”
Asbestos trial-within-trial resumes in Bloemfontein High Court – 15 May 2025
