There have been mixed reactions to the Limpopo Director of Public Prosecutions’ decision not to prosecute the President and major general, Wally Rhoode, for the dollars that were found stashed under a mattress and couches at Cryil Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in Limpopo in 2020.
Former spy boss, Arthur Fraser, had pressed the charges against the pair, accusing them of trying to conceal the theft of $580 00 from the farm.
NPA declines to Prosecute on Phala Phala Case pic.twitter.com/KY5ooWsKCl
— NPASouthAfrica (@NPA_Prosecutes) October 10, 2024
The DPPs decision not to prosecute the President and Rhoode came a few days after the Constitutional Court agreed to hear the African Transformation Movement (ATM) and Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) application to revive impeachment proceedings against president Ramaphosa next month.
In a statement, the EFF says it’s not surprised by the news.
The EFF’s Statement on the Decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to Prosecute Phala Phala crimes.
The refusal by the NPA to prosecute these crimes is a continuation of a pattern by key State institutions to shield Ramaphosa from accounting for his many crimes. It… pic.twitter.com/unxk7Kwvzh
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) October 11, 2024
MK Party Deputy President, Dr John Hlophe, has rejected the NPA’s decision as nonsensical.
Hlophe was speaking at MKP’s media briefing in Sandton, Johannesburg, earlier this afternoon.
He says the decision shows that many state structures are captured.
MK Party deputy president Dr John Hlophe commenting on the issue of Phala Phala and the JSC. pic.twitter.com/GWwgj7w1j1
— m a s h è s h a 💨 (@_mashesha) October 11, 2024
Political analyst, Goodenough Mashego, however, believes that the Phala Phala farm saga has become a point-scoring game for politicians who are against president Ramaphosa.
In the process, he says, the crimes that were committed in Phala Phala are getting lost in the maize.
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