- Title: ANC MPs to vote against Ramaphosa report – ANC Treasurer General
- Date: 5th December 2022
- Summary: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 5, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANC DELEGATES WALKING THROUGH METAL DETECTOR FOR SECURITY SCREENING VARIOUS OF ANC DELEGATES TALKING AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF THE NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE MEETING MEDIA CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANC TREASURER GENERAL, PAUL MASHATILE, SAYING: "The report has been taken on review by the president. So should parliament meet tomorrow to deliberate on the report and adopt it, the ANC MPs will vote against it, so that's the decision." MEDIA CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANC TREASURER GENERAL, PAUL MASHATILE, SAYING: "We will vote against it because as you are aware, that report will set in other processes in motion, like impeachment and we are not supporting the process that will lead to the impeachment of the president." ANC TREASURER GENERAL, PAUL MASHATILE STANDING UP AS MEDIA CONFERENCE ENDS PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 5, 2022) (REUTERS) SOUNDBITE (English) PUBLIC POLICY ANALYST, PEARL MNCUBE, SAYING: "I don’t think the issue within the ANC is the fact that they don’t have quality leadership, I still think that their leaders, or people, within the ANC who have pinned their hopes within you know, certain positions within the ANC as sort of something, that is some sort of inheritance or a reward for whatever, you know, contributions they have made within their time back in the day toward the liberation of the country right. And there is quality leadership within the ANC and a lot of the quality leadership within the ANC is within the lower ranks in terms of younger people within the ANC and I think within the nominations process, it was quite disappointing to note that even though there were so many different calls for younger people to be nominated within high positions of power, for women, for example, to also be nominated within high positions of power, that you didn’t really see that, you know, being the case ultimately towards the end."
- Embargoed: 19th December 2022 19:51
- Keywords: Farmgate Ramaphosa South Africa
- Location: JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
- City: JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
- Country: South Africa
- Topics: Africa,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001463005122022RP1
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South Africa's ruling party on Monday (December 5) said it would tell its lawmakers to reject a report that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of cash in his farm, giving him a lifeline as he faced the biggest scandal of his career.
Almost simultaneously, Ramaphosa asked the country's top court to throw out the independent panel's findings over the "Farmgate" affair, which critics have said should force his resignation.
"The report has been taken on review by the president. So should parliament meet tomorrow to deliberate on the report and adopt it, the ANC MPs will vote against it, so that's the decision," Paul Mashatile, Treasurer-General of the ruling African National Congress, said.
The inquiry panel appointed by the speaker of parliament looked into accusations that thieves had found large amounts of cash stuffed into furniture at Ramaphosa's private game farm in 2020, and that he had failed to report it when they stole the money.
The theft raised questions about how Ramaphosa, who came to power on the promise to fight graft, acquired the money and whether he declared it.
Ramaphosa has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crimes. The president has said the money was much less than the $4 million to $8 million reported, and that it was the proceeds of game sales at the farm.
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