Block was sentenced alongside former Trifecta CEO Christo Scholts.

Northern Cape finance MEC John Block, accused of fraud, corruption and money-laundering, could walk free after the state closed its case early.

The Northern Cape government entered into lease agreements with the Trifecta Group without advertising any tenders, a court has heard.

Yolanda Botha has been given maximum penalty for misleading ethics committee on value of loan.

Three more African National Congress politicians received benefits from the group that leases property to the government.

In one corner, ”members of the Hidden Hand” who moonlight as the ”demonic forces of the dark”. In the other, ”Mugabe and his evil warriors”.

Tensions ahead of the African National Congress’s provincial conference in the Northern Cape reached a new high on Friday.