Bosasa: Ramaphosa donation was made by CEO, not company
African Global Operations, or Bosasa as it was previously named, has come out to clarify that its CEO Gavin Watson donated the infamous R500 000 to Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC presidential campaign, and not the company.
Executive director and spokesperson for Bosasa Papa Leshabane told eNCA in an interview on Friday that there was nothing unethical about the payment.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane led a protest to Bosasa's headquarters in Krugersdorp on Friday morning. He called the payment a "bribe" in return for future tenders and revealed that he had filed a complaint with the office of the Public Protector to investigate the relationship between Bosasa and Ramaphosa.
The issue first made headlines when Maimane asked Ramaphosa about the payment, which was ostensibly for his son Andile Ramaphosa, during a question-and-answer session in the National Assembly earlier this month.
Ramaphosa initially said that he had questioned his son "at close range" over the matter, and had been shown a contract been Ramaphosa junior's financial consultancy company and Bosasa.