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Jul
01
2023
By CARIEN DU PLESSIS
‘Farmgate’: Watchdog clears South Africa’s President Ramaphosa of conflict of interest

‘Farmgate’: Watchdog clears South Africa’s President Ramaphosa of conflict of interest

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's anti-corruption watchdog has cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of a potential conflict of interest in relation to more than half a million dollars in cash stolen from his game farm. A report released by acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka found no evidence for the allegation that Ramaphosa violated his oath of office or exposed himself to a risk of conflict between his constitutional duties and his private interests. The incident raised questions about how Ramaphosa, who came to power on the promise to fight graft, acquired the money and whether he declared it. It nearly cost him his job…
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Jul
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Ramaphosa misled Parliament – Mogoeng

Ramaphosa misled Parliament – Mogoeng

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER IN a minority judgment, South Africa’s Chief Justice found that President Cyril Ramaphosa personally benefited from the R500 000 contribution to his 2017  campaign to be ANC president and he deliberately misled Parliament and Public Protector Advocate Busi Mkhwebane. Mogoeng said Ramaphosa carefully and intentionally gave a false version of what he knew to be the case, to Mkhwebane. “What he did is highly unethical and a resounding rejection or dereliction of his key constitutional obligations,” Mogoeng said, adding that Ramaphosa's version was “a calculated misrepresentation of the facts by someone who is confident that the truth…
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Jul
02
2021
By The African Mirror
SA apex court harsh on Public Protector

SA apex court harsh on Public Protector

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s apex court - the Constitutional Court - has handed down a scathing criticism of Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s professional conduct. In dismissing her appeal against a decision which found that her final report which found that SA President Cyril Ramaphosa had misled Parliament, the court that Mkhwebane had made some “weighty errors” In the judgment which was supported by six of his colleagues, Judge Chris Japhta found that Mkhwebane made errors on facts and in the law when she found that Ramaphosa had wilfully misled parliament about a R500 000 donation for his campaign…
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Jul
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Ramaphosa did not mislead to Parliament – Court

Ramaphosa did not mislead to Parliament – Court

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER PUBLIC Protector Advocate Busi Mkhwebane was wrong on the facts and in the law when she found that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wilfully misled parliament about a R500 000 donation for his campaign as ANC president, the Constitutional Court has found. In a majority judgment delivered by Judge Chris Japhta, the court found that there was no evidence that Ramaphosa had personally benefited from the donation made to his campaign by Bosasa, the company which has changed its name to African Global Operations (AGO). "The truth which the Public Protector was seeking was whether the President…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
South African anti-graft watchdog accuses ANC leader of improper conduct

South African anti-graft watchdog accuses ANC leader of improper conduct

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EMMA RUMNEY  A top official in South Africa's ruling party, Ace Magashule, did not properly oversee a public-private dairy farm project and his actions amounted to maladministration and improper conduct, the country's anti-corruption watchdog, the Public Protector, has found. Prosecutors say that R220-million ($14.81 million) of public money invested in the project to support poor farmers in the central province of Free State was siphoned off, including to accounts linked to the influential Gupta family, which had close links with politicians under former South Africa president Jacob Zuma. The Guptas have previously denied wrongdoing. Magashule, who was premier of Free…
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Aug
04
2020
By The African Mirror
South African corruption watchdog probes COVID-19 tenders

South African corruption watchdog probes COVID-19 tenders

NEWS
ALEXANDER WINNING SOUTH Africa's anti-corruption watchdog has announced it was investigating irregularities in coronavirus-related tenders, the latest in a series of scandals that trade unions said showed the government's failure to tackle graft. The probes by the Public Protector come soon after investigators launched separate inquiries into the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Gauteng province, the country's economic heartland. President Cyril Ramaphosa staked his reputation on tackling graft when he replaced Jacob Zuma as head of state more than two years ago, but he is on the back foot after news reports alleging that politically connected individuals have…
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