The President of South Africa is facing resignation or impeachment after $ 580,000 was stolen from him

Cyril Ramaphosa has denied violating any laws.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed full details of how the foreign currency he earned from selling buffaloes was stolen from his private farm for wild animals in 2020, stating that he followed proper procedures in reporting the crime, and denied violating any laws, Bloomberg News reported first. from yesterday.

In a 138-page memorandum to a parliamentary committee, Ramaphosa stated that the animals were sold for $580,000 in cash, to Sudanese Mustafa Mohamed Ibrahim Hazem, at the end of 2019.

The chief added that the farm manager put the money in a locker, and later moved it to a sofa in a spare bedroom "inside my private residence, because he thought it was a safe place, as he thought no one could break into the chief's house."

A panel of experts' report found preliminary evidence that the president may have breached his oath of office.

Bloomberg reported, quoting sources familiar with the matter, that party officials met with the president of the ANC and the speaker of parliament to discuss the commission's report. A group of NEC members sympathetic to Ramaphosa held a meeting of their own.

The ANC's National Executive Committee will discuss the findings of an advisory panel on a possible impeachment case for Ramaphosa, which found the president may have violated sections of the constitution, after being accused of stealing money that was hidden in his game ranch.

The committee's recommendations are not binding on Parliament, which is scheduled to debate the report on Dec. 6.

If lawmakers decide to proceed with the impeachment process, the next stage will be the establishment of an impeachment committee with far greater powers than the expert panel, and with the power to recommend Ramaphosa's removal from office.

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