President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied any involvement in criminal conduct after a criminal complaint was laid against him in connection with theft on his farm in Limpopo.
Ramaphosa addressed the ANC’s Limpopo provincial congress in Polokwane on Sunday, 05 June 2022.
Former spy boss Arthur Fraser has accused the president of organising the “kidnapping of suspects, their interrogation on his property, and bribery” after money was stolen on his farm in Bela Bela.
The president said he is willing to cooperate with any investigation into the matter and remain focused on the fight against corruption.
“I want to reaffirm that I was not involved in any criminal conduct. And once again, I pledge my full cooperation with any form of investigation,” said Ramaphosa.
“I was not involved in any criminal conduct. I am a farmer I am in the cattle and the game business; I buy and sell animals. The sales sometimes are in cash and some transfers. Some of the people who are offshore customers come through and buy animals and some of them come to hunt on the farm. What has been reported was a clear business transaction of selling animals.”
Ramaphosa said this move was a political agenda against him.
“I will have never stolen money from the taxpayers or from anyone. My integrity as a leader will not allow me to do so. I will continue to fight corruption, some of these things are clearly a political agenda. This whole matter will be fully investigated.”
Fraser, who is a former head of state security, laid a criminal complaint against Ramaphosa on Wednesday, accusing the president of kidnapping and bribing robbers who stole more than $4 million from one of his properties in Limpopo.
According to Fraser, burglars broke into the farm with the help of a domestic worker in February 2020.
