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EFF leader Julius Malema has alleged that President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted game farm parties at his Phala Phala farm which he used for illicit financial flows and money laundering.
Speaking at an EFF press conference on Tuesday, Malema said it was not surprising that R60 million could have been stolen from the president’s property and was not reported to the police because “criminals do not report crime when their proceeds of crime are stolen”.
Malema said:
“No one has the right to abduct, detain and interrogate those who are alleged to have committed crimes. Ramaphosa did this without the supervision of any competent law enforcement agency, leaving us to believe that these individuals were not only bribed, but were also tortured.”
Malema said that a bribe upon release of the suspects makes logical sense in the context of brutal torture and inhumane treatment which Ramaphosa did not want to be known by the public.
He alleged that the president engaged in abduction, kidnapping and bribery to cover up the fact that he kept large sums of money on his farm and could not turn to law enforcement to assist him when the money was stolen.
“The media statement released by the presidency and subsequent radio interviews by Ramaphosa’s spokesperson to downplay a serious crime must be rejected with the contempt it deserves. We know that he is at the forefront of corruption, including money laundering, racketeering and fraud hidden in game farm activities.”
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The EFF leader said the president and his handlers involved in the game farming industry were illegally transacting money in foreign currency and in cash, and that there was no record of these transactions and the laws regarding limits of foreign currency were disregarded.
He said they were concerned by the collaboration between Ramaphosa and Namibian President Hage Geingob, which saw the South African president allegedly unleashing his personal thugs to drag down the alleged suspects from Namibia with the aid of Geingob.
“Geingob conspired with Ramaphosa to abduct individuals from his country and aided him in concealing his crime of money laundering.” Malema said:
Malema said the EFF was not confident that the Financial Intelligence Centre, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the SA Revenue Service and the SA Reserve Bank would investigate the prima facie evidence presented by former State Security Agency head Arthur Fraser.
“Recent experience has proven that these institutions, including the National Treasury as well as some quotas of the judiciary, are now deeply embedded in the ANC’s toxic factional politics.”
“The EFF has, however, submitted to Parliament questions to Ramaphosa to hold him accountable for the unreported Phala Phala farm burglary and the stolen money.”
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