Riyaz Patel
Lawyers for President Cyril Ramaphosa have asked the Gauteng High Court to seal financial records held by the Public Protector’s Office because they were obtained unlawfully, according to a Reuters report.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said in July that Ramaphosa had “deliberately misled” parliament about a R500,000 rand donation he received for his CR17 campaign to become leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC).
Mkhwebane’s report found Ramaphosa had violated the executive ethics code and said there was prima facie evidence of money laundering in his campaign’s handling of donations.
Ramaphosa’s lawyer, Peter Harris, reportedly said in a letter to deputy judge president Aubrey Ledwaba Thursday that Mkhwebane’s report had been based on information obtained illegally and which should not be made public.
“We submit that the bank statements of EFFG2, Linked Environmental Services, Ria Tenda Trust and the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation accounts contain confidential information which
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