South African police are investigating one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s advisers for allegedly smuggling foreign currency on behalf of the president, the Sunday Independent reports.
The unidentified aide is said to be under investigation by the police’s priority crimes unit for smuggling money from Qatar and Saudi Arabia on a private jet while traveling on a diplomatic passport, according to the newspaper.
This version of events is at odds with Ramaphosa’s statement that the source of the foreign currency, which was stolen from his farm in 2020, was from the sale of livestock. Ramaphosa is one of South Africa’s biggest farmers of Ankole cattle, a rare Ugandan breed.
The presidency and the priority crimes unit were not immediately available for comment when contacted Sunday by Bloomberg News.
Citing unidentified sources, the Sunday Independent alleges that the money from the two Arab countries was placed into pieces of furniture before being
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