Elias Sekgobelo Magashule (Ace)

Zuma loyalists like ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and Deputy President David Mabuza still wield significant power...

And the pro-Zuma ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule who faces investigation into corruption in his office while premier of Free State Province was linked to a secret meeting with Zuma and dissident ANC officials to unseat Ramaphosa...

ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has been at pains to say that the party will not call an early election but opposition parties are making the most of the parliamentary recess to build support in their rural constituencies (AC Vol 59 No 8 Ace in a hole)...

One of his strongest supporters is Ace Magashule former Premier of Free State province where corruption was rife and the subject of a major probe by police (AC 59 Vol No 8 Ace in a hole)...

The pressure is mounting on Ace Magashule who faces a raft of anti-corruption investigations from his time as Premier of the Free State and widespread questions about his loyalty to new President Cyril Ramaphosa...

He also appears to be delaying leadership elections in KwaZulu-Natal North-West Province and Free State whose leaders or most prominent figures are all Zuma sympathisers: Sihle Zikalala Supra Mahumapelo and Ace Magashule (AC Vol 58 No 21 Mabuza changes the race)...

The dramatic decision came in the early hours of 13 February after a 13-hour meeting of the ANC's 107-member National Executive Committee (NEC) which was punctuated by the arrival of a blue-light motorcade led by ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule until recently a Zuma loyalist...

Before the decision Ramaphosa and ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule a former Zuma ally drive to the President's official residence to deliver an ultimatum for Zuma to resign...

A statement from the Congress of South African Trades Unions raised questions about the role of Ace Magashule the Premier of Free State and the new Secretary General of the ANC: 'Magashule also has a lot of questions to answer on that Free State Dairy project...

They are: Ace Magashule Free State Premier and now ANC Secretary General; David Mabuza Mpumalanga Premier and now ANC Deputy President; and Jessie Duarte ANC Deputy Secretary General...

Ace Magashule the ANC Free State provincial chairperson and close ally of Zuma says such a deal is necessary to prevent a split in the party...