PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE DA is calling on the acting Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to widen her investigation into the Phala Phala saga after the SA Revenue Service (SARS) confirmed on Monday that Hazim Mustafa did not declare the $580 000 in cash paid to the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm.
The party’s initial request to the Public Protector for an investigation into the Phala Phala matter centred around a potential breach of the Executive Ethics Code.
But on Tuesday, DA leader, John Steenhuisen, said that the party now believes that the new information from SARS could also point to contraventions of additional laws by Ramaphosa.
Steenhuisen said the Phala Phala matter does not begin and end with the President, but rather “traverses a number of ministries, law enforcement bodies, and state entities – all of which are alleged to be deeply involved in a mass cover up operation of a
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