In the rich, leafy suburb of Saxonwold, Johannesburg, not far from the city’s zoo and a popular park, lies an empty and derelict, but once beautiful home. The R3-million house was used by Tshepiso Magashule, 36, son of ANC secretary general and former Free State premier Ace Magashule, as his residential address.
Saxonwold is also where the Gupta family set up the hub of their alleged corrupt empire. Business rescue practitioners have been selling off these properties.
Those practitioners had to forcefully remove the young Magashule from the property, after months of resistance. Following his eviction, Tshepiso is alleged by neighbours to have also left behind his bull terrier, which neighbours had to feed as it was starving.
Numerous attempts by the Mail & Guardian to obtain comment from Tshepiso were unsuccessful. He did read one message sent to him, but then blocked one of the journalists attempting to solicit a comment.