By Johnathan Paoli
ActionSA has obtained a long-awaited report by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) into the handling of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm theft by the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU).
Posting the report on social media on Friday, national chairperson Michael Beaumont said it found that PPU head Major General Wally Rhoode deliberately concealed the 2020 theft of millions of US dollars from the president’s Limpopo farm.
The release comes amid renewed legal and political scrutiny, with the Constitutional Court expected to rule in a related case within weeks.
“The report is nothing short of a scandal… yet Rhoode remains in his position without accountability,” Beaumont said, noting it was completed in October 2023.
Responding to questions on Friday, Ramaphosa said: “The IPID report is what you would have read, I had nothing to do with it.”
He was speaking during a visit to Kusile Power Station
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