Former South African President Jacob Zuma accused his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, of corruption and treason on Saturday, following a cash heist scandal at the latter’s farm.
Zuma said earlier this year, in response to allegations that Ramaphosa concealed a multimillion-dollar cash heist at his luxury farmhouse, that the “president is corrupt.”
He told a news conference in Johannesburg, “Your president has committed treason.” “While in office, no president should conduct private business.”
It contradicts the oath of office taken by (the) president.
“Our country’s problems are too big for a president who is preoccupied with side projects.”
Former national spy chief Arthur Fraser filed a police complaint in June alleging that robbers broke into Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in the country’s northeast and stole $4 million in cash hidden in furniture.
Fraser, a Zuma ally, claimed that Ramaphosa concealed the robbery from police and tax authorities, instead organizing the robbers’ kidnapping and questioning, and then bribing them into silence.
The president has admitted to a burglary but denies allegations of kidnapping and bribery, claiming that he reported the break-in to police.
He has also disputed the amount of money involved, claiming that the funds were obtained through legitimate sales of game from his animal-breeding farm.
Although South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog and police have launched investigations, Zuma claims there is “silence of the many criminalities against the current president.”
