President Cyril Ramaphosa’s former campaign managers described as “bizarre” a report in this week’s Sunday Times that the president’s CR17 campaign is being probed for money laundering.
The weekend paper reported that public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was investigating Ramaphosa for allegedly laundering donations of more than R400 million to his ANC presidential campaign.
This was after she reportedly subpoenaed three bank accounts linked to the president as part of her investigation, it said.
Mkhwebane is also probing whether Ramaphosa deliberately misled parliament about a R500,000 donation for his ANC election campaign from Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson. That probe arose from a complaint lodged by DA leader Mmusi Maimane last November.
The Sunday Times reported that the public protector’s preliminary report was leaked to the media two weeks ago and suggested that she intended to pursue a finding of money laundering against Ramaphosa.
Former CR17 campaign manager Bejani Chauke hit back
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