Investigations by South Africa's ombudswoman into a scandal involving a 2020 burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's farmhouse....
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, delivers a speech during the memorial service for former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on April 29, 2022.
The scandal erupted in June after a former national spy boss filed a police complaint, alleging that Ramaphosa concealed some four million dollars in cash and arranged for the burglars to be kidnapped and questioned, and then bribed them into silence. “We must trace leads, involving multiple state organs, we cannot take any shortcuts. It needs to be a legally sound report to stand the test of scrutiny,” she said at a news conference organised for foreign correspondents.
It investigates and reports on “any misconduct or malfeasance within the government with no fear, no favour or prejudice,” said Gcaleka.The former trade union leader and business tycoon rose to the presidency in 2018, benefiting from a graft-free image after the corruption-stained era of his former boss, Jacob Zuma.
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