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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Billionaire mining magnate Patrice Motsepe cut a cautious figure on Saturday, avoiding definitive comments about funding the ANC during the height of state capture and his relationship with brother-in-law President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t like doing business with government. I have never liked it and its even worse now, now that you\u2019ve got relatives in government. It is an absolute\u2026 headache,” he said at the SA National Editors Forum annual general meeting.<\/p>\n

Motsepe\u2019s African Rainbow Energy and Power (AREP) is a member of the Ikamva equity consortium, which won preferred bidder status for 12 of the 25 projects awarded in bid window 5 of the government\u2019s renewable power plan in November last year.<\/p>\n

During his address on Saturday Motsepe praised the State Capture Inquiry, which this week found that former president Jacob Zuma “permitted, supported and enabled corruption and state capture\u201d, and questioned whether this could have been arrested had Ramaphosa “acted with more urgency”.<\/p>\n

“The Zondo Commission is critically important. You cannot be party to the commission of crime or corruption and get away with it,” Motsepe said.<\/p>\n

He was subsequently asked questions about his funding of the ANC when Zuma was in charge, and why he didn\u2019t speak out against the corruption.<\/p>\n

Motsepe said business people had an obligation to express their opinions but needed to ensure that “at all times we behave and say the sort of things in the public domain that are in line with the problems and difficulties that ordinary South Africans experience.”<\/p>\n

“Ordinary South Africans are watching us. What people think of us, right or wrong, is critically important.”<\/p>\n

He said his companies donated to a range of political parties and not just the ANC.<\/p>\n

Motsepe was also asked what advice he could give to Ramaphosa about his silence with regards to the revelations by former spy boss Arthur Fraser about a heist at his Phala Phala Wildlife Game Farm near Bela-Bela in February 2020. Fraser alleged that $4 million (around R64 million) which had been hidden in furniture at the farm was stolen.<\/p>\n

He said that when the president was your brother-in-law, you “have to keep a big distance in terms of what you discuss”. Ramaphosa is married to Motsepe\u2019s sister Tshepo.<\/p>\n

“I hardly express opinions to government. What gives me a unique position to express opinions?<\/p>\n

“I have absolutely no doubt that the processes will result in a proper assessment of what happened in\u2026 farmgate.”<\/p>\n

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