Kenneth Meshoe Demands Accountability, Wants Cyril Ramaphosa to Explain $4 Million Stolen From Farm
- Reverend Kenneth Meshoe wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to account for the money stolen from his Phala Phala farm
- The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) leader added that Ramaphosa must come clean about the $4 million
- Reverend Meshoe explained that they would bring up the matter constantly until Ramaphosa broke his silence
Reverend Kenneth Meshoe still wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to explain why $4 million was in a couch at his Phala Phala game farm.
Speaking after the State of the Nation Address on Thursday, 6 February, the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) leader said that the president must be held accountable.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced that it would not pursue charges against the president over the theft at his farm in 2020.
Rev Meshoe says the president must come clean
Addressing some of the things that interested him in the speech, the ACDP leader noted how the crowd erupted when Ramaphosa touched on corruption. The words Phala Phala echoed through the gallery when the president highlighted his plans to tackle corruption, something Meshoe was most happy with.
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“For the president to be respected as a person who hates corruption and who fights corruption, he needs to come clean,” Rev Meshoe said.
He added that the ACDP wanted to know how four million in foreign currency ended up in his home. Rev Meshoe further stated that as long Ramaphosa hasn't said anything, the ADCP would raise the issue so that his conscious would remind him that he must come clean.
“We need answers so that corruption in this country can come to an end.”
What you need to know about the Phala Phala case
- The South African Reserve Bank exonerated Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing in the Phala Phala farm theft
- The National Prosecuting Authority declined to prosecute anyone related to the Phala Phala case
- The Democratic Alliance slammed the NPA's decision not to prosecute anyone related to the theft
- Cyril Ramaphosa was grilled in Parliament but maintained his innocence when it came to Phala Phala
- The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party accused the NPA of being captured after its decision not to prosecute
MK Party wants Donald Trump to investigate Phala Phala
Briefly News reported that the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party praised Donald Trump following his inauguration as the new US President.
The party also called on the billionaire to investigate why dollars were found at Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm.
South Africans were amused by the MK Party's statement, with many saying Trump wouldn't care about SA.
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