Elias Sekgobelo Magashule (Ace)

Free State Premier Ace Magashule recently told a meeting in his province that 'Jacob Zuma is like Chris Hani...

In Free State late July's provincial congress elected two errant members of parliament Ace Magashule (as chairperson) and Pat Mathosa (to the Provincial Executive Committee) reviving squabbles from 1996...

Yet in the seven ANC-controlled provinces serious problems are emerging: Raymond Mhlaba was indecorously eased out of the Eastern Cape premiership; trickier still was the ousting of the popular Patrick 'Terror' Lekota from the Free State premiership after repeated clashes with ANC provincial Chairman Pat Matosa and deputy Chairman Ace Magashule...