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Scopa Gives Ramaphosa 7 Days to Respond to Allegations of Misuse of State Funds

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  • Ramaphosa to be given 7 days to explain his remarks on alleged misuse of state funds to MPs, as requested by Scopa.
    • This relates to an audio clip of Ramaphosa suggesting funds from the state security agency were used to fund political campaigns in the run up to the ANC’s elective conference was leaked to the public a few weeks ago
  • Legal experts warns that the National Prosecuting Authority does not have the capacity to deal with all the PPE corruption cases coming its way due to the extensive state capture backlog.
    • The SIU found that 68% of all government contracts it investigated were irregular with 386 people referred to the NPA for prosecution
  • Public protector and RET affiliate Mkhwebane has had the final nail put in her attempts to revive the SARS rogue unit case against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.
    • The Supreme Court of Appeal has again dismissed taking this case any further. Mkhwebane is faced with mounting personal costs over the failure of numerous cases
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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