Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. File picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA) Former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has become the second prominent figure to request that US law authorities look into the Phala Phala farm scandal.
Following a similar move by then DA leader John Steenhuisen in 2022, former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has again requested that US law enforcement and financial authorities probe President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm scandal.
Mkhwebane, through the Busisiwe Mkhwebane Foundation, last week submitted a formal request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a criminal investigation against Ramaphosa.
The foundation urges the FBI to investigate the origin, transportation, and concealment of the US dollars found at Phala Phala, and to consider possible violations of American criminal and financial laws.
The action follows the long-standing Phala Phala scandal, which originally erupted after former South African spy boss Arthur Fraser laid criminal charges against the President in 2022.
