Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has rubbished weekend reports that it has extended the scope of its investigation into a R500 000 donation by Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson to President Cyril Ramaphosa to include possible money laundering linked to other donations to his CR 17 campaign.
Public Protector Spokesman, Oupa Segalwe, said the scope of the investigation had not been extended at all.
He said Mkhwebane is only focussed on the matter of the R500 000.
“We do not have the jurisdiction to investigate political funding,” he added.
The Sunday Times reported this past weekend that Mkhwebane had subpoenaed bank statements from three accounts, including the attorney’s trust account used to house the CR17 campaign donations, as well as a bank account belonging to the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation.
As a result, the newspaper reported, Mkhwebane was now looking into possible money laundering relating to transactions amounting to R400 million.
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