Has ANC SG Ace Magashule misread his party?

To a punch-drunk SA, the preferring of corruption charges against an ANC leader may feel horribly familiar. But, writes S’thembiso Msomi, Ace Magashule is no Jacob Zuma — and the party he will look to for help is far from the swaggering giant it once was

15 November 2020 - 00:00 By S’thembiso Msomi

October 11 2005. Thousands of people gathered outside the Durban magistrate's court in support of then ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma, who was to face corruption charges...

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