Africa-Press – South-Africa. Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to open up about the theft of money from his Phala Phala farm, and simultaneously encouraged the youth to become “angelic troublemakers” pursuing a new struggle for transformation in South Africa.
Delivering his Easter message during a vigil at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, Makgoba said Ramaphosa should be transparent about the theft at his farm.
South Africans need to know “what happened and why it happened”, he said.
“The trickle of disconnected announcements on investigations arising from the theft of money from the president’s Phala Phala farm still hasn’t explained satisfactorily why such large amounts of money weren’t banked, and the ANC’s refusal to allow a parliamentary inquiry is reminiscent of the cover-ups of the Zuma administration.”
An independent panel, appointed by Parliament and headed by retired chief justice Sandile Ngcobo, found that Ramaphosa had a case to answer regarding allegations of wrongdoing emanating from the theft of the foreign currency from his farm in February 2020.
It was found that Ramaphosa may have breached the country’s anti-corruption laws.
However, a full investigation by the National Assembly, as recommended by the panel, was quashed when the ANC majority in Parliament voted against adopting the report.
Makgoba said:
“But, as earlier generations of South Africans demonstrated in the defiance campaigns of the early 1950s and late 1980s, it is possible to wage a revolutionary struggle in a disciplined and dignified manner, one that is all the more powerful because it is waged peacefully. There is no place for violence in a constitutional democracy.
“South Africans do not have to continue on our current path. By adopting the new struggle, we can inspire the multitudes of disillusioned young people who despise politicians, who spurn politics and who won’t even register to vote…”
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