JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to withdraw from this year’s Chairman’s Conversation hosted by Power FM following concerns raised by civil society organisations over assault alleg
ations previously faced by the station’s boss and MSG Afrika chairperson, Given Mkhari.
In July, last year, Mkhari and his wife Ipeleng were both arrested after they individually laid criminal complaints of assault against each other over an alleged fight they had in their home. The couple subsequently withdrew their complaints and chose to resolve the matter privately.
The Wise Collective and the Soul City Institute had written to Ramaphosa this month appealing to him not to take part in the Chairman’s Conversation after they accused Mkhari of refusing to account for his involvement in gender-based violence and considering the event was taking place in the first week of the annual 16 Days of Activism of No Violence against Women and Children.
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