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Two men have been arrested in connection with the theft of foreign currency that was stuffed under a sofa cushion at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in 2020. The suspects will appear in court on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said they are planning to arrest …

South African government watchdog has cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing related to a theft at his farm. The scandal erupted in June last year when a former spy boss, Arthur Fraser, alleged that President Ramaphosa had concealed the theft of millions of dollars in cash from his game …

South African parliament on Tuesday voted against starting an impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa, the parliament’s speaker said. Lawmakers voted to reject a report by a panel of experts that found preliminary evidence Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of foreign currency hidden at his private game …

South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party plans to table a motion in parliament calling for an early election, as President Cyril Ramaphosa grapples with a scandal that has the potential to cost him his function. Accused of covering up a $4 million theft from his farm in 2020, including …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a possible threat of impeachment following the “Farmgate” scandal that broke in June. The president has been accused of covering up a $4m theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence. A three-volume report from an independent panel …