Political divisions in the Eastern Cape have been entrenched by the failure of Premier Nosimo Balindlela to take action against housing, local government and traditional affairs minister Neo Moerane-Mamase, arrested last Friday with her husband, former agricultural minister Max Mamase, and charged with corruption.
The Mamases were taken in by the joint anti-corruption task team, an elite squad of investigators from the National Intelligence Agency, the South African Police Service and the Special Investigating Unit, following a Mail & Guardian exposÃ