THE Pretoria High Court has dismissed with costs an application by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s financial statements of the 2017 African National Congress (ANC) presidential campaign (CR17) made public.
The EFF had approached the court to seek the disclosure of the statements in an application linked to Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s invalidated report on the CR17 campaign finances.
During the case, Gauteng Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba had agreed to a request from Ramaphosa’s lawyers for the bank statements to be sealed on the basis that they contained confidential donor information.
The EFF lodged the application soon after the court agreed to seal details of the CR17 funders in August 2019, following an application made by Ramaphosa.
The EFF argued in court papers: “Holding politicians, especially those in government, accountable for who they get money from, and who they pay that money to, is
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