ActionSA lays criminal charges against Ramaphosa over Phala Phala

By Charmaine Ndlela

ActionSA has laid criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa in connection with the Phala Phala scandal, alleging that he misled the country about the amount of money stolen during the 2020 burglary at his Limpopo farm.

The party on Wednesday opened a case at the Bela-Bela Police Station and claimed that the amount stolen may have been far higher than previously disclosed.

In a statement, ActionSA said reports now in the public domain suggest that at least R15 million may have been stolen, substantially more than the widely cited figure of about $580,000, or roughly R8.75 million at the exchange rate at the time.

“These charges arise from serious concerns regarding the alleged concealment and under-disclosure of the true amount of money stolen during the burglary at the President’s Phala Phala farm,” the party’s ActionSA Parliamentary Chief Whip Lerato Ngobeni said.

Ngobeni also cited reports that cash