‘President Committed No Crime’ – Ramaphosa’s Spokesperson On Leaked CR17 Emails

Riyaz Patel

President Cyril Ramaphosa did nothing illegal while fundraising for his CR17 campaign, Presidential Spokesperson Khusela Diko has said.

She was reacting to weekend headlines dominated by leaked emails which suggest Ramaphosa knew the funders of his CR17 campaign for the ANC presidency.

News24 reported that it’s in possession of several emails from inside the Ramaphosa campaign showing that the president was consulted by the managers of his campaign about plans to approach several donors, including a Greek shipping tycoon with links to the arms deal and a politically connected “socialite” previously suspected of smuggling millions of rands of gold out of the country.

“We’re also quite as well perturbed by the narrative that is being built around these emails.

Yes, we appreciate that South Africans have perhaps a legitimate right