Ramaphosa pleads innocence, says charges laid against him are politically motivated

Anything out of Arthur Fraser Brown's mouth can be assumed to be a plot to the detriment of this country.

I no longer am a fan of Ramaphosa. I was at the beginning, but it has been one big disappointment after another. Not now especially after our disgusting behaviour with regarding our highly pathetic, disgraceful and immoral stance on the war in Ukraine. That he and his obnoxious government cannot bring themselves to speak out, let alone, condemn the mass murder and destruction being perpetrated by his beloved but thoroughly evil Putin thug and his hideous cabal in government. Who attacked whom and who is wantonly killing thousands of innocent people and obliterating homes, schools, villages, towns etc??? With regard to this latest event, one only has to look at who is behind it and it’s timing. A thoroughly odious, deceitful, treasonous and corrupt scumbag, who only now wakes up in order to serve and advance the interests of the Radical Economic Thieves. Whether we like it or not, Ramaphosa is the thin line now separating SA from these evil thieving monsters, who want to restore this country back to the inept and kleptocratic Zuma years of grand theft, deceit, misappropriation and corruption - with no accountability and total impunity. Should this happen, and it is within the realms of possibility as anything goes in this country, then SA is doomed - you may as well switch off the lights.

Perhaps the more important questions are being missed here. Cash transactions for valuable stock may be normal. If so, then farmers may not in fact bank their cash at all: they may keep it for a future transaction. If so, is that legal, is there an underground market, and are the profits declared? How much money was in the couch, how long had it been there, and can it be tracked to specific transactions? And, of course, was it all dollars, and if so, why? The answers may indicate why the incident was not publicly reported, and it may be more tax related than corruption.

Fraser is not an unbiased operator. He has serious skin in the game. Zapiros cartoon of today says it all. Smells like a skunk, walks like a skunk, acts like a skunk. Its not Cyril who stinks here people. You are being played. Again. SMH.

Many are call for Cyril to nresign his post. As rightly pointed out this is an excerse of political rivalry aimed at promoting certain setions of thye ANC for the simple purpose of being able to continue feeding at the trough. For us, the populace, we have no alternative but to watch from the sidelines again. Until we as the electorate have the ability to choose our own representatives, accountable to us, we will continue to have these situations. So Cyril, rather than falling on your sword (you are still the best of the bad bunch) why not call a snap election where voters can decide which party will serve the best interests of the country and its people.

Is it not a practice, if not a requirement that politicians in an executive role step back from their commercial interests during their term? If so, it may well be the Ramaposa left the day to day running of affairs at his farm to the management and that they were the people who "sorted out the problem" on an un-official basis? Certainly embarrassing for the President, but more political than anything else I feel. Fraser has lead a charmed existence due to knowing where the skeletons are.

The ANC does not look very unified to me.