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Gcaleka says a member of Cabinet may not do other work for which they receive payment, according to the code.According to Rhoode, Ramaphosa declined the protection services' deployment at Phala Phala because he is not always there.Gcaleka says Ramaphosa denied that he undertook paid work outside his office as president. He stated that he didn't work for Phala Phala and wasn't paid.

While the ATM is"hugely disappointed" at the"snail pace" at which the Public Protector's probe is progressing, investigations of this nature have never been completed within six months, according to Gcaleka in an affidavit.Gcaleka says the Office of the Public Protector is on record briefing Cabinet about the challenges to complete investigations in terms of the Executive Members Ethics Act in 30 days.The four complaints were consolidated into one file.

The parties have 10 days to make submissions on the report before a final version is released to the public.South African tax authorities were not able to find any record that Hazim Mustafa, the Sudanese businessman who paid $580 000 in cash to President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm, declared the cash he brought into the country in December 2019.

Steenhuisen asked for a copy of the declaration form after Mustafa produced a document that he showed journalists in an interview with Sky News, but would not hand it over.The Office of the Public Protector has cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of wrongdoing in the Phala Phala burglary scandal, finding that he fulfilled his obligations to declare his interests in his farms and report the matter to the police.

 

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