MISCONDUCT CLAIMS
Cyril Ramaphosa to file his case against Tom Moyane on Wednesday
The Presidency will on Wednesday file a "comprehensive and quite lengthy" affidavit detailing the misconduct claims against suspended South African Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokeswoman told Business Day. At this point it is unclear if Ramaphosa will depose to the affidavit, which is understood to run into hundreds of pages. Ramaphosa’s counsel had agreed he would file this affidavit on Friday, but he missed this deadline, prompting a standoff between the Presidency and Moyane’s lawyers. The president’s spokeswoman, Khusela Diko, did not want to be drawn on accusations from Moyane’s lawyers that Ramaphosa’s failure to file this affidavit on time, or to explain his delay, was "extremely unacceptable, unprofessional and discourteous". Instead, she said: "We have communicated with the presiding officer and Mr Moyane’s lawyers that we were delayed in filing a comprehensive and quite lengthy affidavit in this inquiry. "We will file this document...
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