PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa says he did not evade answers to a question in the National Assembly on Tuesday about the robbery at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo.
Opposition parties, particularly the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), were livid after Ramaphosa failed to respond to specific questions about what happened at his farm in 2020.
“The President is refusing to answer questions regarding Phala Phala, and it looks like he is not refusing to answer questions from MP’s only, but also the South African Reserve Bank,” said EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu.
DA leader John Steenhuisen, on the other hand, described Ramaphosa’s failure to answer questions as “Nkandla 2.0” reminiscent of the former President Jacob Zuma’s refusal to answer questions on the upgrades to his home, while MPs rallied around him to defend him.
But in a statement on Wednesday, the Presidency said it noted with
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