DA submits SARS affidavit to Public Protector to assist in Phala Phala investigation
7 March 2023
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has today written to the Office of the Acting Public Protector, Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka, to submit a formal declaration and affidavit obtained from the South African Revenue Service (SARS) which confirms that Mr Hazim Mustafa did not declare the sum of US dollars brought into South Africa via OR Tambo International Airport as stated late last year.
President Cyril Ramaphosa had previously claimed that the sum of US dollars stolen from his Phala Phala farm was paid to him for a cattle transaction, the payer of which was Mr Hazim.
The DA’s initial request to the Public Protector for an investigation into the Phala Phala matter centred around a potential breach of the Executive Ethics Code. However, we now believe that this new information could also point to contraventions of additional laws.
As such, we have brought this to the attention of Adv. Gcaleka as the SARS declaration and affidavit may have a bearing on the initial investigation still underway by her office, and therefore warrants further examination by the Chapter 9 institution.