Scandal involves south african president cyril ramaphosa and erupted in june when a former south african spy boss accused the president of hiding the theft of $4m from his phala phala game farm in 2020. mr ramaphosa admitted that money had been stolen, but said it was $580,000, not $4m. a panel of legal experts concluded that he has a case to answer and their findings have been handed to parliament, which is set to examine them and decide whether or not to launch impeachment proceedings against the president.
Scandal occurred in june 2020 at mr ramaphosa’s phala phala game farm. it was sparked by accusations from a former south african spy boss that mr ramaphosa had hidden the theft of $4m from the farm. the president admitted that money had been stolen, but said it was $580,000. a panel of legal experts was brought in to investigate the situation and concluded that mr ramaphosa had a case to answer.
Scandal occurred due to the theft of money from mr ramaphosa’s game farm. the president admitted that money had been stolen, but said it was $580,000, not the $4m initially claimed. the panel of legal experts concluded that he had a case to answer and their findings were presented to parliament. the scandal is especially damaging for mr ramaphosa because he came to power vowing to clear up the corruption which had dogged the country under his predecessor, jacob zuma. this is why he is under pressure from the opposition and rivals from his governing african national congress (anc) to resign.
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