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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum and Jason Burke in Johannesburg

Ramaphosa account of ‘Farmgate’ cash backed up by businessman

The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa is accused of serious misconduct over a theft from his private game ranch of a sum reported to be between $500,000 and $5m almost three years ago. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

A Sudanese businessman has confirmed that he made the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars for cattle at the centre of the scandal threatening to unseat South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa.

The embattled president launched legal action on Monday to challenge a report handed over last week by an independent panel appointed by parliament that accused him of serious misconduct after the theft from his private game ranch of a sum reported to be between $500,000 (£410,000) and $5m in cash almost three years ago.

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