President Cyril Ramaphosa slammed after court ruling on Public Protector report
The North Gauteng High Court’s decision to set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on money donated to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s CR17 ANC presidential campaign has seen the head of state being subjected to criticism on Twitter.
Many said that the judicial system favoured Ramaphosa. In her report, Mkhwebane had found that Ramaphosa had deliberately misled Parliament about the R500 000 donation made by the late former Bosasa boss Gavin Watson towards his CR17 ANC presidential campaign.
At the party’s 54th national conference, held in December 2017 in Nasrec, Ramaphosa emerged victorious from a bruising battle with Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. The court ruled that Mkhwebane had no jurisdiction to investigate the ANC campaigns, including the CR17 campaign, saying that her findings on the donations to Ramaphosa’s ANC presidential campaign had been unlawful. In its ruling, the court found that Mkhwebane had displayed “a complete lack of knowledge of the law and its application” and added that some of her findings were “unfathomable”.
The Economy doesn’t have Confidence in Ramaphosa.
Employment doesn’t have Confidence in Ramaphosa.
The Rand doesn’t have Confidence in Ramaphosa.
SOEs don’t have Confidence in Ramaphosa.
Fuel prices don’t have Confidence in Ramaphosa. #RamaphosaMustGo pic.twitter.com/HjqevbEOmJ
— Vuyo Zungula (@ZungulaVuyo) March 3, 2020
Using the hashtag #RamaphosaMustGo, African Transformation Movement (ATM) President and member of parliament Vuyolwethu Zungula (@ZungulaVuyo), wrote: “The Economy doesn’t have confidence in Ramaphosa. Employment doesn’t have confidence in Ramaphosa. The Rand doesn’t have confidence in Ramaphosa. SOEs don’t have confidence in Ramaphosa. Fuel prices don’t have confidence in Ramaphosa.
LuthoZA (@LuthoZa) wrote: “Jacob Zuma was an atomic bomb to Whites hence they used ill-gotten money, media their opposition parties to get rid of him while Cyril Ramaphosa is a rose to Whites & an atomic bomb to Black people. Black people have no money, media or opposition parties to remove Cyril Ramaphosa.
Marxist (@Kgomo) said: “We underestimated Cyril Ramaphosa and the power of money. We did not know that money is the glue that holds #CR17, judiciary and media together. @AdvBMkhwebane you’ve ran your race, you’ve exposed captured judiciary and Ramaphosa.
History will speak highly of you Mbokodo. Lerato Pillay (@uLerato_pillay) said: “Without knowing the facts of the case I know Cyril Ramaphosa will win. But if the PP was Thuli Madonsela against Pres Jacob Zuma same facts in question Thuli Madonsela would have won. I feel sorry for Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. She’s being bullied.
In other news – Judge Dunstan Mlambo’s different tunes questioned
The assertion by North Gauteng High Court Judge President Dunstan Mlambo that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane showed a lack of understanding of her powers in her CR17 fund report has left some puzzled. Mlambo’s detractors have pulled out a December 2017 written remark he made while handing down a ruling regarding the state capture report.
In the 2017 ruling, Mlambo shot down assertions by the legal team of former president Jacob Zuma that former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, exceeded her powers in her state capture report. As part of her remedial action, Madonsela had made a binding recommendation that there must be a commission of inquiry to probe the allegations of state capture and Zuma’s legal team raised that perceived exceeding of powers. Read more
Source: IOL
