Riyaz Patel
The Gauteng High Court has granted President Cyril Ramaphosa an interim interdict to suspend Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s remedial action stemming from her investigation into a R500 000 donation to his ANC presidential campaign.
Mkhwebane did not oppose Ramaphosa’s application for interim relief, but her spokesperson, Oupa Segalwe, said recently the move “does not mean she is backing down.”
In her report, Mkhwebane found that Ramaphosa had misled Parliament and violated the executive ethics code.
The Public Protector said there was “prima facie evidence of money laundering,” and recommended that the NPA investigate the charges following revelations of millions of rands of donations by prominent business people to the CR17 campaign.
The Sunday Independent reported this weekend that politicians, including a minister and a deputy minister, were reportedly paid millions for their role in Ramaphosa’s 2017 ANC presidential campaign.
On Saturday evening, seemingly pre-empting the Sunday newspaper’s expose,
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