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South Africa graft watchdog clears Ramaphosa in farm cash scandal

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa - then deputy president - arrives to attend the Stud Game Breeders auction at Mbizi Lodge outside Bela-Bela on September 6, 2014 wearing a cap customised for his Phala Phala game farm [File: Stefan Heunis/AFP]

South Africa’s corruption watchdog on Friday absolved President Cyril Ramaphosa of allegations that he breached executive ethics in a farm cash scandal that spawned into one of the biggest scandals of his career.

The scandal erupted in June last year when the country’s former spy boss filed a complaint with the police alleging that Ramaphosa had concealed the 2020 theft of about $4m in cash from his game farm in Phala Phala in the Limpopo province.

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