Ramaphosa’s fate depends on South Africa’s ruling party
2022.12.02 04:53
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Ramaphosa’s fate depends on South Africa’s ruling party
Budrigannews.com – On Friday, senior representatives of the ruling African National Congress ANC decided to remain in office of President Cyril Ramaphosa after discovering evidence of misconduct in relation to cash hidden in his farms.
On Wednesday, a group of experts published a report on the future of the president. The subject of the investigation is the alleged theft of a million dollars hidden in the furniture of the gaming farm of the President of the Million in 2020.
The theft, which became known only in June, raised ambiguous questions: how Ramaphos received the money, why he did not keep this money in the bank, and whether he reported it to the authorities.
This is inconvenient for a leader who in 2017 promised to fight widespread corruption. Ramaphosa has not been charged with any crimes and has not denied any wrongdoing. The President believes that the funds came from the sale of animals on the farm and that they were much less than the stated $4 to $8 million. The media described this scandal as a “Farm Gate”.
The ANC announced that since early morning, more than 80 representatives of the ANC’s top management, the NEC National Executive Committee, had gathered at the party headquarters. On Friday, in an interview with The Newsroom AFrika, ANK chairman Gwede Mantashe denied the report that Ramfafosa considers it possible to leave. According to Mantasha, Ramaphos provides a room for questioning and familiarization with the report.
Mantashe, an influential politician who is also the Minister of Energy and Mining in Ramfosa’s cabinet, said: “My opinion is that it would be premature for the president to simply resign, despite due process.” After trading closed $2 lower on Thursday than on Thursday due to rumours of Ramfosa’s resignation, the South African rand stabilized on Friday.
On Thursday, it was widely known that he was thinking about leaving, but his own NEC supporters forced him to stay. Mathol Matshekg, a member of the National Radio Station Radio 786, told the local radio station Radio 786: “We firmly believe that the president needs to stay.” “We are absolutely sure that this issue should not even be considered even for impeachment.
In the cabinet of President Ramaphosa there are two ministers who last month almost won Ramaphosa in the elections of the head of the ANC and the Minister of Tourism Policy Lindiwa Sisula, who campaigned for the election of the head of the ANC.
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