The Sudanese businessman who allegedly bought 20 buffalo for $580,000 in cash from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm has told eNCA’s Annika Larsen that ‘it was a normal business transaction’.
that he paid $580,000 in cash for 20 buffalo from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in December 2019 — but had no idea that the animals, or the farm itself, were owned by the President., at their home in Dubai, to get Mustafa’s version of events, leading up to his purchase of the buffalo, which he still hasn’t received.
“I know the regulations all over the world: If you declare it, you have no problem — as long as you are not smuggling,” said Mustafa, saying his plan was to buy a house for his wife in Cape Town. When asked by Larsen why he didn’t take the cash back with him to Dubai, he responded: “It’s a headache to take it back and bring it back again. And it’s already there, so…”The couple were staying at Sun City in North West, and it was at the hotel that Mustafa said he first heard about Phala Phala.
According to Mustafa, the mysterious breeder told him he would be able to purchase a larger quantity of buffalo than normal at Phala Phala as the farm was “facing some financial issues”. Mustafa drove out to Phala Phala on Christmas Day, where he says he met the acting farm manager, Sylvester Ndlovu, who showed him the buffalo in the farm’s Camp 6.
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