PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE suspended Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has maintained her stance on the findings of her report, which recommends that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) investigate President Cyril Ramaphosa for alleged money laundering.
“The evidence will show that there is no way President Ramaphosa did not know who was donating to his CR17 campaign. He (Ramaphosa) knew about the fact that people are donating … and who are the donors to that particular account, so I will still repeat that.” Mkhwebane told Parliament on Tuesday.
Mkhwebane said the movement of R500 000 from Bosasa through several accounts, and not a direct payment to CR17, raised the suspicion of money laundering.
In her recommendations, Mkhwebane asked the NPA to investigate the possibility of money laundering involving the CR17 campaign.
Mkhwebane was answering questions in the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into her fitness to hold office.
On Tuesday, she started answering questions on her report on Ramaphosa’s CR17 campaign. Mkhwebane went further and told Parliament that the evidence before the Public Protector’s investigators showed that Ramaphosa knew about the CR17 donations.
She told the committee earlier that she is being targeted and victimised for doing her job.
Since taking office, Mkhwebane is accused of being involved in “reckless litigations”.
“Sometimes factual errors can be made and the courts will come to a very wrong judgment. So at least a higher or another court will come to a different conclusion. Sometimes, unfortunately, they confirm the wrong facts,” she said.
The inquiry continues.
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