The scandal erupted in June last year when the country’s former spy boss filed a complaint with the police over cash stolen from Ramaphosa’s farm
South Africa’s corruption watchdog on Friday absolved President Cyril Ramaphosa of allegations that he breached executive ethics in a farm cash scandal that spawned into one of the biggest scandals of his career.
The scandal erupted in June last year when the country’s former spy boss filed a complaint with the police alleging that Ramaphosa had concealed the 2020 theft of about $4m in cash from his game farm in Phala Phala in the Limpopo province.
An investigation by the ombudswoman, also known as the public protector, found that Ramaphosa’s handling of the case was not in violation of the constitution.
“Aggregated against the standard imposed by the executive ethics code it is found that there is no basis upon which to conclude that the president contravened”
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