# Former Free State premier Ace Magashule says his ex-personal assistant, Moroadi Cholota, will remain innocent even if the NPA appeals the Bloemfontein High Court ruling next Friday. The court found Cholota was unlawfully extradited from the US with the basis for her extradition lacking jurisdiction to charge her in the 255-million-rand asbestos fraud trial. After the case was postponed to 26 January 2026, Magashule again called the charges politically motivated:
Magashule backs former PA’s innocence amid NPA decision to appeal in asbestos roof case [SOUND]
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