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Man convicted for undeclared US dollars yet Ramaphosa walks free
THE conviction and sentencing of Mohammed Ameen who was caught with over half a million of undeclared US dollars has fueled African Transformation Movement's (ATM) determination to ensure that Preside...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 12:02hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Don't be silly, Tshabangu: Malema would never support Ramaphosa going beyond his term limit!
While at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm over the weekend, opposition CCC party self-appointed Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu made a startling assertion.In a flimsy attempt to...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 22:30hrs | 683 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ramaphosa Protector rubbishes ATM's victory claim
The Office of Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has accused the African Transformation Movement (ATM) of shameless bravado and disinformation following its claim of a supposed "court victory" regarding...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 13:16hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala: Ramaphosa, the missing millions, and the phantom buffalo deal
As the Constitutional Court mulls its judgment in the Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) legal challenge this week against Parliament's decision to dismiss an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ra...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:43hrs | 615 | by Hope Ntanzi
Malema's EFF insists Ramaphosa must be arrested over Phala Phala
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)'s Vuyani Pambo says President Cyril Ramaphosa must be arrested for the Phala Phala scandal.Pambo is among EFF members who were marching to the Constitutiona...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 08:05hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
SA ConCourt reserves judgment in Phala Phala case
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on an application filed by the EFF challenging Parliament's decision not to proceed with an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa's P...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 19:41hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Malema beefs up Phala Phala legal team
EFF leader Julius Malema will pick a fresh battle with President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Constitutional Court this week over the Phala Phala case without his long-time allies, Floyd Shivambu and Adv Da...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 14:07hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
'ANC MPs acted unlawfully on Ramaphosa's Phala Phala'
ANC MPs broke the law when they voted against holding President Cyril Ramaphosa accountable for failing to report the theft of millions of rand in undeclared foreign currency in his Phala Phala farm....Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:58hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's fitness to lead ANC renewal questioned
In a recent interview with Sunday World Engage, Solly Mapaila, the general secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), reiterated his long-standing concerns about President Cyril Ramaphosaâ...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 08:46hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
SA constitution serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda
The MK Party has called for the scrapping of South Africa's constitution, claiming it serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda. The party, led by former president Jacob Zuma who was in the A...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
NPA bid to cover up for Ramaphosa facing resistance
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will urgently write to the National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Shamila Batohi, urging her to review the decision by the National Prosecuting Authori...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:29hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa will not be prosecuted for Phala Phala
President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be prosecuted for Phala Phala, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced on Thursday.The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Limpopo, advocate ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 18:16hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala scandal back to haunt Ramaphosa
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has expressed strong approval of the Constitutional Court's recent decision to hear the Phala Phala farm matter, a significant step in an ongoing saga that ha...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:24hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Why buy a ZBC license when the broadcaster doesn't speak for suffering Zimbabweans?
The state-controlled broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), has published its radio and television licence fees. This was one of the most outrageous lists I have seen a long...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:34hrs | 534 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 807 | by Nomazulu Thata
DA to protect Ramaphosa, guns for Mashatile
While the DA will now protect ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal, it still wants Ramaphosa's deputy Paul Mashatile answering to the police for several allegations - including c...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 10:05hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
'Deal with Phala Phala, not Dr Hlophe'
The DA had better prospects of winning on the Phala Phala matter involving President Cyril Ramaphosa, which they were "flip-flopping" on, than they did on challenging uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) lead...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:13hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
SA opposition parties not letting go of Phala Phala
Opposition parties are warning President Cyril Ramaphosa not to get too comfortable in the Government of National Unity.The MK Party, EFF and ATM are vowing to pursue the 2020 Phala Phala farm...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:52hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Malema's EFF hits back at Ramaphosa
The EFF has hit back at President Cyril Ramaphosa's statement, saying he failed to address "pressing issues" they had brought up during the opening of Parliament debate.The Red Berets' respons...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:38hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
VBS looter released on parole
Former VBS Mutual Bank's chief financial officer Phillip Truter was released on parole after he was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2020. Speaking to broadcaster Newzroom Afrika on Monday, De...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 11:57hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala farm scandal refuses to go away
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm scandal refuses to go away.This comes after the Constitutional Court issued directives in the EFF matter to challenge Parliament's decision in 2022...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 11:45hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
DA leader throws Ramaphosa under the bus over Phala Phala scandal?
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen says the Phala Phala matter was not discussed in negotiations with the African National Congress (ANC).Steenhuisen says the law must follow its...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 14:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa has 'lost his grip' on ANC NEC
President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership of the ANC stands on shaky ground after reportedly ‘losing his grip' on the National Executive Committee (NEC).Highly placed sources within the NEC say...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 12:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 5 | by Sipho Seepe
REVEALED: How John Steenhuisen could become South Africa's next President
In the aftermath of the 29 May elections, South Africa's political landscape is poised for dramatic changes. With the African National Congress (ANC) securing only 40.18% of the vote, insufficient to ...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 15:57hrs | 19 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean farmer buys R1,8m ankole from Ramaphosa
Zimbabwean cattle breeder Collen Tafireyi stole the show at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Ntaba Nyoni cattle auction at his Phala Phala farm near Bela-Bela in Limpopo at the weekend, buying one of the S...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 08:44hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa won't act on rand-fixing banks
President Cyril Ramaphosa will not act against the banks over rand fixing, according to Unisa Professor Boitumelo Senokoane.Senokoane, who joins the popular narrative that the president's stro...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:35hrs | 14 | by Sifiso Mahlangu
Ghanaian minister resigns over Phala Phala-like scandal
Ghana's sanitation minister resigned on Saturday over reports staff found and stole stashes of local and foreign money from her home, she said in a letter to the president in which she denied any wron...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 12:19hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Captured PP clears Ramaphosa in final Phala Phala report
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been cleared of any wrongdoing by acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka in her final report released on Friday regarding the theft of US dollars in cash from his Phala ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 2 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
South Africa on the edge! National renewal needed urgently
WITH various leaders and commentators having suggested that things have gone horribly wrong in South Africa since Cyril Ramaphosa became president more than five years ago, to such an extent that the ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:18hrs | 3 | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
Cyril Ramaphosa's real surmame revealed
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has claimed that the real surname of South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is Mennel. Malema was speaking during the #EFFNationalShutdo...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 20:22hrs | 75 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Is White monopoly capital turning against its own in SA?
PAUL Mashatile was sworn as South Africa's deputy president on March 7 alongside other new ministers in a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle. The Cabinet reshuffle was necessitated by several factors, amo...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:02hrs | 3 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Ramaphosa's money hidden in couch 'was not declared to Sars'
The DA has revealed that the US dollars hidden inside a couch on President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm was not declared to the SA Revenue Service.Party leader John Steenhuisen said Sars...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa in big court setback
South Africa's Constitutional Court on Wednesday slapped down President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to have the apex court review a report which found evidence he may have committed misconduct over a stash ...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's money laundering scandal, South Africa greylisted
South Africa, whose President Cyril Ramaphosa has been implicated in money laundering scandal, has been greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that sets global...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 20:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Plot to kill Phala Phala whistleblower Arthur Fraser exposed
A plot to kill former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general (DG) Arthur Fraser was hatched after he allegedly refused a R50 million offer from a Cape Town underworld boss to make the Phala Phal...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa to challenge section 89 report in his ally Zondo's court'
President Cyril Ramaphosa's lawyer has confirmed that he will seek to challenge, in the Constitutional Court, the section 89 panel report which disbelieved his account of the Phala Phala break-in....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 15:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Thieves' beg Ramaphosa to stay
Ministers with "smallanyana" skeletons are drumming up support for President Cyril Ramaphosa not to resign because they are afraid of going to jail or their shenanigans being exposed once he is gone....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 15:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's stolen dollars linked to CIA?
South Africa and the world would have never known about President Cyril Ramaphosa's alleged illicit financial mess if the millions of US dollars had not been stolen from his Phala Phala farm.T...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa refuses to resign
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman says.The row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his prope...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'cool' after misconduct report
President Cyril Ramaphosa is not going to make a "hasty" decision of resigning after the section 89 panel report finding that he has a case to answer to on Phala Phala. This is according...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala matter calls for Ramaphosa to step aside in line with ANC's resolution
Tourism Minister and African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) Member, Lindiwe Sisulu says the Phala Phala matter calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step aside from his po...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa may have to consider the prospects of donning orange overalls
AS EMBATTLED President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for his political life in the build-up to the ANC national conference at the end of this year, he might also have to consider his fashion sense with the p...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:45hrs | 2 | by Sizwe Dlamini
Mbeki questions Ramaphosa's fate amid Phala Phala probe
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the ANC has to decide what must happen if a parliamentary process finds that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer regarding the Phala Phala saga.Acc...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Theft case laid against Ramaphosa
A charge of theft has been laid against President Cyril Ramaphosa, reportedly by a businessman who claims his energy plan presented to the head of state was stolen and used without his involvement....Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka's Phala Phala farm robbery investigator managed by Ramaphosa' people
One of the Public Protector investigators probing the Phala Phala farm robbery is allegedly being managed by two people on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa.The investigator, whose name is k...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 17:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa praise singer appointed to panel to investigate criminal activity at Phala Phala farm
The EFF has slammed the appointment of President Cyril Ramaphosa's "praise singer" associate Professor Richard Calland to the independent panel set to investigate whether there is a prima face evidenc...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 22:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa called a 'criminal', 'gangster' as opposition demand release of Phala Phala report
Opposition political parties described President Cyril Ramaphosa as a "gangster", "thief", and a "criminal" as they demanded acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka release her report into the Phala P...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa thrown under the bus by Wally Rhoode
In his response to the Public Protector, President Cyril Ramaphosa's head of Presidential Protection Service, Wally Rhoode, has revealed the roles allegedly played by the President and his Namibian co...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:40hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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