Leaked CR17 Emails On Ramaphosa’s ANC Campaign Finances Are Part Of A ‘Wider Politically Motivated Agenda’ – SACP

Riyaz Patel

It appears that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s investigation of Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC campaign finances are deepening divisions with the ANC-led alliance, with the South African Communist Party (SACP) saying it will not be drawn into a “one-sided focus on the fundraising details of the leadership contest associated with the last conference of the ANC.”

The SACP was responding to leaked emails purportedly containing details of contributors to Ramaphosa’s ANC election campaign, and which forms part of Mkhwebane’s report on the president.

“It would be appropriate for ANC members and the public at large to receive a full disclosure of the sources of all the funds that were donated, received and used in the course of the contest, regardless of candidates involved,” the SACP said in a statement.