Ramaphosa says stolen Phala Phala dollars were from Sudanese businessman
The president says buyer paid $580,000 cash for 20 buffalo on Christmas Day in 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the foreign currency stolen from his Phala Phala farm in late 2020 came from the sale of 20 buffalo to a little-known Sudanese businessman.
In his first official response to the allegations that erupted in the wake of the burglary, first exposed by Jacob Zuma ally Arthur Fraser in June, Ramaphosa also denied allegations of alleged torture of the perpetrators as well as accusations that hush money was paid to conceal the events. This is contained in his previously unseen November 6 submission to the parliamentary panel investigating whether he has a case to answer, which was chaired by former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo...
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