Our MP Got R40K From Ramaphosa’s CR17 Campaign, Says EFF

Riyaz Patel

The EFF has “confirmed” that one of its MPs received R40,000 from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s CR17 campaign.

The party said in a statement Sunday that Tebogo Mokwele confessed to receiving the money which relates to bereavement, and that she received the money after speaking to Ramaphosa.

The EFF says this revelation confirms that Ramaphosa was directly involved in the accounts used in his ANC presidential campaign.

“Commissar Mokwele’s confirmation that she received the money after speaking to President Cyril Ramaphosa is a confirmation that Ramaphosa was directly involved in the accounts that were paying money to different recipients in the CR17 campaign,” the EFF statement said.

Ramaphosa has maintained that he was minimally involved in the fundraising aspects relating to his 2017 campaign.

The matter surrounding Ramaphosa’s ANC campaign funding followed Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s