👩⚖️Busisiwe Mkhwebane maintains she did not overstep her mandate but only made a referral to the authorities in the 🚔investigation into Cyril Ramaphosa's presidential campaign. BusisiweMkhwebane DaliMpofu TheCitizenNews Catch up here⬇️
for the National Prosecuting Authority , former National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise, and the national commissioner of the South African Police Service in her 2019 report.
The public protector also ordered Modise to instruct Parliament’s Ethics Committee to investigate Ramaphosa for failing to declare the donations to his campaign.‘I was not finding any person guilty’ She argued that her finding that there was prima facie evidence of money laundering was based on the CR17 bank statements and the money trail of deceased Bosasa boss Gavin Watson’s R500 000 donation to the president’s campaign.
The public protector said her referral was not different to the actions of her predecessor Thuli Madonsela, when she ordered that then Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng appoint the judge who would preside over the State Capture Commission.Watch the proceedings below:Later in the proceedings, Mkhwebane batted away the suggestion that she changed the Executive Ethics Code to align with her findings against Ramaphosa in the CR17 report.
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