South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on prior to his address to the ILO International Labour Conference on June 10, 2019 in Geneva. – The head of the ILO urged the agency to approve new rules to stop violence and harassment in the workplace, which have faced resistance from employer representatives. ILO director general made the call as he opened a congress marking the United Nations labour body’s 100th anniversary. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Information further alleges that Ramaphosa broke his oath of office to Parliament and a list of alleged donors of the CR17 campaign revealed.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on prior to his address to the ILO International Labour Conference on June 10, 2019 in Geneva. – The head of the ILO urged the agency to approve new rules to stop violence and harassment in the workplace, which have faced resistance from employer representatives. ILO director general made the call as he opened a congress marking the United Nations labour body’s 100th anniversary. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
The cats out the bag and a list of alleged donors of the CR17 campaign have been revealed through leaked emails that have been circulating.
According to News 24, detailed emails and its content reveal expropriated information about the funding of the successful presidential campaign. The information further alleges that President Cyril Ramaphosa broke his oath of office to Parliament by not fully disclosing details about the origin of money and Ramaphosa was effectively involved in fundraising efforts for his presidential campaign.
There is a note written by Ramaphosa which is said to instruct his banker to transfer R20 million from a Money Market account; believed to be Ramaphosa’s own; to an account belonging to the Ria Tenda Trust, a trust used as part of the campaign’s financial machinery.
“Mkhwebane used a complaint of suspected money laundering with the Watson donation to obtain the CR17 campaign’s bank statements and warns in her report that Ramaphosa may have been captured by his private donors. She identified donations totalling almost R200m that went into the campaign, including three large amounts from the same donor.”
Kyle Cowan and Lizeka Tandwa, News 24
“Members of the CR17 campaign expressed concerns that the emails were obtained illegally, but they have not disputed their authenticity. It is unclear how Mkhwebane obtained the emails, and her office refused to respond to questions over their provenance this week, or whether Mkhwebane had satisfied herself the emails were not obtained illegally before including them in her report.”
Kyle Cowan and Lizeka Tandwa, News 24
The emails are clear that the president was asked permission for a list of people to be contacted, some of the names on the list are: