Everything you need to know about the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's game farm
The latest facts, figures, interviews, views and analysis
LISTEN | Protest planned to pressure police and ...
Fired ANC member Carl Niehaus says there are plans for national mass action to protest against President Cyril ...
POLL | What do you make of Ramaphosa not appearing before the ANC ...
Are the delays to President Cyril Ramaphosa appearing before the ANC integrity commission justified?
WILLIAM GUMEDE | As goes Ramaphosa, so goes the ANC
If President Cyril Ramaphosa is forced to step down as leader of the ANC over Phala Phala, the party's downward spiral ...
ANC says Ramaphosa must schedule new meeting with integrity commission
The ANC’s national executive committee meeting agreed that President Cyril Ramaphosa must schedule another meeting with ...
Ramaphosa granted more time to respond to public protector on Phala Phala ...
The public protector's office says it has granted President Cyril Ramaphosa an extension to respond to Phala Phala ...
Phala Phala probe no reason to set aside ...
President says in affidavit that he will answer Mkhwebane’s questions on Phala Phala to acting PP
Ipid 'needs more facts' before deciding to probe police role in Phala ...
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it has not fully assessed the African Transformation Movement's ...
MAKHUDU SEFARA | It turns out Ramaphosa and Zuma are cut from the same ...
The president’s silence has dashed the hopes of those who thought he represented new hope after the captured years
'He won't come out alive' — Shivambu says Ramaphosa won't survive upcoming ...
Shivambu said the Phala Phala farm scandal reinforces claims by the EFF that Ramaphosa is unfit to run the country.
'Good message, wrong source' — SA weighs in on Ramaphosa’s promise to fix ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest message against corruption has seen him dragged by many on social media.
LUKHONA MNGUNI | In the ANC’s factional battles, ...
South Africans must ask hard questions, press for answers and be unrelenting in pursuit of the truth about the Phala ...
If that money was in the wrong place at the wrong time, authorities must ...
“Let’s allow Sars to do its work, let’s allow the Reserve Bank to look into exchange controls. If there was any law ...
Fraser charge a plot to block Ramaphosa's second term, says Enoch ...
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has come out in defence of President Cyril Ramaphosa, saying the case opened against ...
Phala Phala ‘thief’ claims he was SA Army peacekeeper before life of luxury
The alleged mastermind behind the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Limpopo game farm told fantastical tales to a ...
PETER BRUCE | Ramaphosa is Zondo’s final, feckless villain
Now that the final volumes of the commission of inquiry into state capture are in, following the work of chief justice ...
PODCAST | Farmgate: 'the ANC needs to step ...
In today’s instalment of the Sunday Times Politics Weekly, we look at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s predicament in the ...
MAKHUDU SEFARA | SA will not be distracted, Mr President. We want answers
Ramaphosa will try every trick in the PR playbook to deflect the game farm scandal. We must keep pressing and probing
'A crude publicity stunt' — ANC responds to DA roping in FBI on 'farmgate'
Pule Mabe said it was bizarre that the DA overlooked local law enforcement authorities and reached out to a foreign ...
It’s curtain up on SA demanding accountability from its leaders
As the curtain closes on the state capture inquiry, it’s up to us to ensure the country doesn’t return to the brink
‘He’s snitching on the president’ — SA weighs in on the DA approaching the ...
DA leader John Steenhuisen said the party went this route because the money stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa's ...
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Justice ministry denies Namibian authorities ...
The ministry of justice and correctional services has denied it received a request from the Namibian government for ...
LISTEN | DA asks Americans to investigate Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala saga
The DA has written to the FBI Pretoria field office to request the US intelligence and security service to investigate ...
RECORDED | DA's John Steenhuisen announces further action to be taken ...
DA leader John Steenhuisen is on Tuesday announcing further steps the party plans to take against President Cyril ...
Mkhwebane off to court to challenge ‘unlawful and hurried’ suspension
The legal showdown between suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to ...
'It’s an ANC matter': veterans dodge questions on Ramaphosa’s 'farmgate ...
Umkhonto we Sizwe Liberation War Veterans (MKLWV) says it will wait for ANC structures to deal with President Cyril ...
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Ankole bull at Phala Phala auctioned for R1.65m
The highest selling bull at the 2022 national ankole live auction on Saturday at Phala Phala Wildlife - a game farm ...
Latest case opened against Ramaphosa involves his brother-in-law, business ...
The latest criminal case opened against President Cyril Ramaphosa by the leader of civil rights organisation Really ...
‘So easy’ to rob the president, says heist ringleader
An explosive recorded interview with the alleged mastermind behind the hard-currency heist at President Cyril ...
Business as usual at Ramaphosa's livestock auction
Dozens of livestock breeders gathered at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala Wildlife Game Reserve in Limpopo ...
Zuma backers report Ramaphosa to Durban police over Phala Phala theft
Former president Jacob Zuma's supporters on Saturday opened two cases against President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Durban ...
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LINDIWE MAZIBUKO | We must not fall for the RET ...
The RET faction of the ANC hopes that the hoopla they can generate around #PhalaPhala will lead expedient opposition ...
EBRAHIM HARVEY | Have Ramaphosa’s ‘political successes’ gone to his head?
I was first introduced to President Cyril Ramaphosa at the founding conference of the National Union of Mineworkers ...
Arthur Fraser meets the Hawks to ‘assist’ with Ramaphosa investigation
Former spy boss Arthur Fraser says he has furnished the Hawks with additional information and details on "farmgate".
Ramaphosa hits back: ‘If I step aside it would imply I interfered with the ...
The president said stepping aside would spark suspicion he is interfering with the police investigation process.
‘We have sides hidden under a mattress. It’s a steal’ — Nando’s throws jab ...
“Nis'founele (call us) once load-shedding hits, we have some sides hidden under a mattress. It's a steal.”
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'EFT only': Phala Phala Ankole auction will not ...
About 200 people who are in the cattle and game breeding business are expected to attend the auction at President Cyril ...
‘Sars, police, Reserve Bank keeping mum on allegations against Ramaphosa’, ...
Zungula lamented the suspension of public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, saying her office is the only institution that ...
‘I’m a hustler, but I didn’t steal the president’s cash’
One of the Namibians named by Arthur Fraser admits to smuggling gold but says there's no truth in the Phala Phala story.
POLL | Should the president step aside?
There are continued calls by some for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step aside amid the “farmgate” scandal, in which he ...
WATCH | Shivambu shares video of Muzi Sikhakhane ‘warning’ Fraser has more ...
EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu has shared a video of former spy boss Arthur Fraser’s lawyer Muzi Sikhakhane ...
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Meet Imanuwela David: The $4m Phala Phala heist ...
Two years ago, residents at Olukekete village in northern Namibia began asking each other who was funding the major ...
High court ruling backs up president’s suspension of Mkhwebane
Public protector says the president is ‘even more conflicted’ in light of questions about Glencore and his Phala Phala ...
‘There cannot be different laws for the rich’: Archbishop Makgoba on ...
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has urged authorities to be transparent about the investigation into the alleged ...
Mkhwebane sends Ramaphosa ultimatum to reverse her suspension, or face ...
Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa demanding the immediate reversal ...
Employee describes burglary at Ramaphosa's game farm
An employee at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala game farm near Bela Bela in Limpopo says he saw footage of the ...
OPINION & ANALYSIS
MAKHUDU SEFARA | Find your balls and ditch Cyril ...
Ramaphosa is pulling a Zuma on us, but his removal can only be engineered from within the ANC and that’s unlikely
TONY LEON | The scandal surrounding Cyril has opened yet another gate
Watergate or Farmgate: Nixon said he wasn’t a ‘crook’ and Ramaphosa says he’s a ‘process person’
SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Ramaphosa's wasted opportunity to come clean
President Cyril Ramaphosa is deep in a dark trench – exactly where his opponents want him to be five months before the ...
KWANELE NDLOVU | ‘The Phala Phala Heist’, starring the president and the ...
When the news of the “Phala Phala heist” broke, I couldn’t fathom how a man could stand before us and deliver the state ...
SONGEZO ZIBI | If farmgate proves anything, it’s that the entire ANC is ...
Arthur Fraser’s poor track record and motives are no reason for Cyril Ramaphosa to avoid public accounting
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'We must be treated the same' – Ace Magashule ...
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has weighed in on calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step aside, ...
Ramaphosa shies away from 'farmgate scandal', citing legal advice
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not discuss details of the 'farmgate scandal', citing legal advice.
Parliament disruptions delay Ramaphosa's budget reply by more than three ...
Disruption of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reply to debate on the presidency budget vote continued in parliament on ...
WATCH | 'We are being sexually harassed under your watch': Second day of ...
Parliament descended into chaos for the second day running on Friday morning as EFF MPs continued to disrupt ...
RECORDED | Ramaphosa briefs media on issues surrounding his office
President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Friday briefing the media on allegations of corruption levelled against him by former ...
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Steenhuisen to Ramaphosa: Farmgate is a big, ugly ...
DA leader John Steenhuisen has compared President Cyril Ramaphosa to a two-bit mob boss and his Farmgate scandal to his ...
LISTEN | ‘We can’t be addressed by a criminal’: Chaos as Ramaphosa ...
MPs did not let the opportunity to heckle the president regarding allegations of money laundering and corruption at his ...
‘The worse crime is assuming someone is guilty because there’s a ...
Deputy minister of higher education, science and innovation Buti Manamela was disappointed that MPs, as people who ...
Verdict on parliament probe into Ramaphosa's 'farmgate' due next week
National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will communicate her decision on whether there will be an ...
Ramaphosa scandal overshadows budget vote as MPs demand answers
The EFF may have been removed from the National Assembly chamber on Thursday, but other opposition party leaders did ...
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Mantashe comes to Ramaphosa's defence: ANC ...
For the first time in history, a president is being persecuted for being a victim of a crime and not because they stole ...
Will Ramaphosa step aside? Pule Mabe explains
"You step aside when you are indicted to appear in a court of law and have been charged with serious crimes. As matters ...
Mkhwebane probes Ramaphosa for 'breach' of executive ethics code
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said on Wednesday she has received a complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa ...
Ramaphosa suspends Mkhwebane
President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane with immediate effect.
Cyril’s alleged cash thief ‘sought protection’ from Cape Town underworld
Former spy boss Arthur Fraser is said to have met a prominent underworld figure who spoke of the man’s ‘spending spree’
OPINION & ANALYSIS
WILLIAM GUMEDE | This is Ramaphosa’s ‘pay back ...
The ANC president’s detractors are more than likely going to use the step-aside rule to get him to drop the reins
MAKHUDU SEFARA | Cyril, talk to us and put the matter to bed – or quit
‘No comment, I don’t want to incriminate myself’ is an excuse reserved for thieves and murderers, not a sitting ...
Bend opinion all you like, politicos, but we won’t be beholden to you
We are not spin doctors. We are balanced and fair, and will remain so, no matter what
TOM EATON | Cyril, please cut the 40 inches of bull and pretend to be a ...
Dear leader, in a country lacking such and tormented by hustlers, could you put your side hustle on the back burner for ...
EUSEBIUS MCKAISER | Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa — time is running out
Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa. If you are capable of leading South Africa then why don't you?
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Presidential heist charges: Did President Cyril ...
Affidavit of ex-spy boss Arthur Fraser details alleged theft of cash hidden in furniture and hunt for suspects in Cape ...
EFF doesn't believe Ramaphosa, will 'disrupt him' until he comes clean or ...
EFF leader Julius Malema says the party is not buying President Cyril Ramaphosa’s story that he was not involved in the ...
WATCH | CCTV footage purports to show burglary at Ramaphosa's house
The video shows two men sneaking around a house, moving the cameras as they navigate their way towards the entrance. ...
Mashaba and Steenhuisen to write to Sars and Reserve Bank over Ramaphosa ...
Politicians have reacted to a robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa's farm, calling for the SA Revenue Service and SA ...
Employee describes burglary at Ramaphosa's game farm
An employee at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala game farm near Bela Bela in Limpopo says he saw footage of the ...
OPINION & ANALYSIS
EDITORIAL | Nothing short of full, frank ...
Arthur Fraser may have an obvious agenda in bringing his accusations, but Ramaphosa needs to give SA an honest and ...
EUSEBIUS MCKAISER | Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa — time is running out
Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa. If you are capable of leading South Africa then why don't you?
VINCENT MAGWENYA | Spurious allegations won’t distract Ramaphosa from his ...
The claims made this week in a criminal complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa are transparent in their purpose to ...
JUSTICE MALALA | If Cyril can’t answer crucial questions, SA will be back ...
If Fraser’s allegations force Ramaphosa out of office, his faction will collapse and the state capture brigade will ...
MAKHUDU SEFARA | If you’ve got proof, reveal it, Fraser. SA’s future is at ...
Why would a president keep $4m cash in their house and keep quiet when robbed?
LISTEN ARTICLES
PODCAST | EXPLAINER: The legal questions Ramaphosa must answer
What was his obligation? What if it is true that he paid the thieves to keep quiet? Prof Pierre de Vos clears the air
LISTEN | 'If they want to charge the president, they will do so': David ...
Deputy president David Mabuza has urged South Africans to allow law enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations ...
PODCAST | Fraser’s charges against Cyril: serious scandal or game of ...
Who is Arthur Fraser in our political landscape, and why he might make claims about the president?
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Arthur Fraser lays criminal charges against Cyril ...
Former correctional services commissioner Arthur Fraser said on Wednesday he has laid criminal charges against ...
POLL | What do you think of Ramaphosa ‘not alerting’ Bheki Cele to farm ...
Police minister Bheki Cele said cases are not reported directly to him, and he is not privy to information surrounding ...
WATCH | Inside Ramaphosa’s ‘rare game’ farm and previous controversy
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, continues to make headlines after allegations of a ...
Fraser's allegations are nothing but 'dirty politics', says Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said "dirty politics" were behind allegations that he was involved in crime.
‘Distraction’ or clearing the air: SA weighs in on Ramaphosa dismissing ...
Former spy boss Arthur Fraser said the incident allegedly happened on February 9 2020 and claimed he had evidence ...