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(THE SOUTH AFRICAN) CR17 donors revealed

COMMENT - Maria Ramos is married to Trevor Manuel, former South African Finance Minister, and today working for the Rothschild Group, Rothschild South Africa and it's client Old Mutual.

Nicky Oppenheimer: South Africa’s richest man, reportedly donated R10 million to the leadership bid.
Raymond Ackerman: The owner of Pick n Pay is said to have dropped a cool R1 million into the funding pool.
Maria Ramos: The ex-ABSA CEO and PIC executive allegedly gave R1 million to the campaign.
Johnny Copelyn: CR17 can thank the owner of the news network eNCA for a R2 million donation.
An anonymous donor: Apparently, one unnamed benefactor pumped R120 million into Cyril’s campaign. Yikes.

(THE SOUTH AFRICAN) CR17 donors revealed: EFF pile in on Ramaphosa and his millionaire funders
It's a disastrous day for Cyril Ramaphosa, as his supposedly dirty laundry gets aired. The EFF have been highly critical of his CR17 funders on Sunday.
Tom Head
by Tom Head 2019-08-11 14:06in News

During Cyril Ramaphosa’s hour of misery, the EFF have arrived in a timely fashion. His CR17 campaign – which earned him the right to lead the ANC and eventually become president – has been the subject of intense scrutiny from Busisiwe Mkhwebane, who is now being accused of illegally obtaining the information.

CR17 donors revealed by the media

In a statement made late on Saturday, the presidency said Ramaphosa had been made aware that confidential banking information of his campaign contributors had been leaked to the media. It’s understood the head of state will seek court action to investigate how Mkhwebane managed to get inside the bank accounts belonging to the president:

“The information, supposedly held only by the Public Protector, includes bank statements of third parties, which record private transactions and which are strictly confidential. This amounts to a violation of the constitutionally enshrined right to privacy. Neither the President nor the campaign has done anything wrong, ethically or legally.”

Statement from the office of Cyril Ramaphosa
Who funded Cyril Ramaphosa and his CR17 campaign?
Ramaphosa was boosted by a victory in court against Busisiwe Mkhwebane last week, regarding the recommended remedial action against Pravin Gordhan. However, his joy seems to have been short-lived, as some rather conspicuous names have been linked to CR17 through a Sunday Independent report. These include:

Nicky Oppenheimer: South Africa’s richest man, reportedly donated R10 million to the leadership bid.
Raymond Ackerman: The owner of Pick n Pay is said to have dropped a cool R1 million into the funding pool.
Maria Ramos: The ex-ABSA CEO and PIC executive allegedly gave R1 million to the campaign.
Johnny Copelyn: CR17 can thank the owner of the news network eNCA for a R2 million donation.
An anonymous donor: Apparently, one unnamed benefactor pumped R120 million into Cyril’s campaign. Yikes.

ABSA Nation Building put R10 million towards CR17, and two Eskom executives – one past and one present – put a combined R1.8 million into Ramaphosa leadership campaign. Andre Crawford-Brunt, a board member of Sygnia, was also a big backer – he put R2 million into the kitty.

Needless to say, the lavish funding hasn’t escaped the attention of the EFF. The red berets have been utilising their Twitter platform to nail Cyril Ramaphosa and his friends in high places. Party Deputy President Floyd Shivambu said that the leaked information proved Ramaphosa was nothing more than a ‘puppet’ for outside influences.

“None of the funders look like the majority of members of the party they hypnotized through cash. Clearly, the white capitalist establishment has rented a president to the erstwhile liberation movement. And most definitely, this is no free later lunch!”

Floyd Shivambu
Meanwhile, EFF Spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi lambasted Cyril and his donor lists through a series of Tweets, hammering the president for showing that he holds “zero integrity” in his current position.

Labels: CORRUPTION, CR17, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

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