{"id":91043,"date":"2025-10-04T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/phala-phala-accused-spent-r4m-on-six-cars"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:57:26","slug":"phala-phala-accused-spent-r4m-on-six-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/phala-phala-accused-spent-r4m-on-six-cars","title":{"rendered":"Phala Phala Accused Spent R4m on Six Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>One of the suspects charged with breaking into President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s Phala Phala farm allegedly blew about R4 million of the stolen money on six cars within one year.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to testimony of a sales manager at a car dealership in Benoni.<\/p>\n<p>The manager testified on Friday at the Modimolle Regional Court about his relationship with accused number one, Imanuwela David.<\/p>\n<p>David, along with siblings Froliana and Ndilinasho Joseph, stand accused of breaking into the president\u2019s farm and stealing $580,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of 10 February 2020, a day after the break-in at the Phala Phala farm, the sales manager received a call, saying there was a man interested in buying a car from his floor.<\/p>\n<p>From that day on, David and the sales manager would develop a close relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The sales manager testified he sold David a Golf GTI, a VW Polo, BMW M5, Porsche Carera 4S and two identical Mercedes Benz G-Wagon&#8217;s after David crashed his first one.<\/p>\n<p>The sales manager said David bought all the cars cash in US dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe being a salesman, I demo\u2019d the car to accused number one [David]. 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