South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to stay in office despite allegations of money laundering. His spokesman, Vincent Magwenya, told the German news agency on Saturday. “Ramaphosa is not stepping down,” Magwenya said. A report from a parliamentary inquiry committee that Ramaphosa violated an anti-corruption law and that the constitution was “clearly flawed,” Magwenya said. Ramaphosa decided to “revise” the report. Several independent legal experts had previously stated that the report was largely based on unverified evidence and rumours.
The publication of the results of the Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday had plunged South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), into deep crisis. Since then, Ramaphosa has been under great pressure and there has been open speculation about his resignation.
The background to the allegations against the president is a robbery that allegedly stole half a million dollars from Ramaphosa’s private cattle ranch in 2020. Ramaphosa – a successful businessman and multimillionaire even before his tenure – had reported the robbery, but not the disappearance of the money.
Ramaphosa’s predecessor, Jacob Zuma, who ruled from 2009 to 2018, was forced to resign over a corruption scandal. The ANC, which emerged from the former freedom movement, has ruled South Africa since the end of the racist apartheid regime in 1994. (sda/dpa)
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