The DA says it wants the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate allegations of possible money laundering against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The DA said it has also written to the Financial Intelligence Centre requesting that it investigate the various alleged financial transactions that followed the theft, written to acting public protector Adv Kholeka Gcaleka, to lay a formal complaint in terms of the Executive Members Ethics Act and also asking the South African Reserve Bank to investigate these allegations.
“There are serious questions he needs to answer. He’s not a corporate head. This is the president of the Republic of SA. This is the same president who raised his hand and swore to protect the constitution. It’s clear he’s violated these rules. “Like we pursued Mr Jacob Zuma, we need to ensure that pressure is kept up. Just because he’s the ANC’s preferred presidential candidate, it shouldn’t matter but [to] stick to oath of office he swore to uphold,” he said.
Steenhuisen said the country was in absolute crisis with food prices spiralling out of control, with the petrol price going through the roof and an inflation crisis, an electricity crisis and now credibility crisis in the government. “We need a president whose full-time attention is focused on the people of South Africa in getting us through the hard time we’re facing. Not a president with one eye on his farm, one eye on his dollars and one eye on the work of the president of the Republic of South Africa.”
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