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Ramaphosa’s Farmgate scandal – a timeline of what we know (and don’t know) so far

President Cyril Ramaphosa is at the centre of an international scandal involving a seemingly unreported theft of a large sum of cash from his Phala Phala game farm in February 2020. We've updated our visual timeline with the latest developments up to 28 November 2024, covering everything we know (and don’t know) about Farmgate so far.
Ramaphosa’s Farmgate scandal – a timeline of what we know (and don’t know) so far
Victoria O’Regan
By Victoria O’Regan
1 Dec 2022
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Here are the latest developments on Thursday, 28 November 2024: 

 


  • On Tuesday, 26 November, the Constitutional Court heard an EFF and African Transformation Movement (ATM) challenge to the National Assembly’s vote against taking action on the Section 89 independent panel report on the cash-in-couch allegations against President Cyril Ramaphosa. 

  • The red berets are asking the ConCourt to declare the National Assembly’s decision not to adopt the report irrational and unlawful, and set it aside.  

  • The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has decided that President Ramaphosa – or anyone else for that matter – will not be prosecuted in relation to the Phala Phala case. The case stems from the criminal complaint laid by the former head of the State Security Agency, Arthur Fraser, in June 2022. 


Read in Daily Maverick: Ramaphosa says EFF ‘patently delayed’ in launching ConCourt challenge to Parliament’s Phala Phala vote

 



Note: This timeline contains a summary of complex, intricate and often disputed details. Daily Maverick is not able to document everything. Please consult the supporting documents provided for further information.

This is a developing story and this timeline will continue to be updated. DM

Comments (4)

Werner Hautmann Jan 16, 2024, 03:08 PM

Fraser is known for his Honesty and for not embelishing anything? Why would Squirel hide money in a couch its a fancy game farm with more than one safe not a shack, this is all a set up, nobody actually saw the dollars.

Coen Gous Jan 15, 2024, 06:51 PM

Gosh Ms. Regan, with respect, this story is a few years old already. Who still cares who've done it, why, how, and how a certain Fraser knew about it. Nothing will ever be done, by anybody, NPA, police, voters, and a host of others. News have moved on, or do we need to go back to Piet Retief or Jan van Riebeeck

Fred S Aug 22, 2023, 10:18 AM

This only mentions the USD580,000 from the sale of buffalo…what about the approximately $140 million (roughly R2 billion at 2020 exchange rates) that was purportedly transported from Waterkloof Air Force Base to Phala Phala and stored there for more than a month prior to the theft in February? That part of the story seems to have been swept under the carpet and forgotten about since it has never been mentioned again.

Fred S Aug 22, 2023, 10:14 AM

This only mentions the USD580,000 from the sale of buffalo...what about the approximately $140 million (roughly R2 billion at 2020 exchange rates) that was purportedly transported from Waterkloof Air Force Base to Phala Phala and stored there for more than a month prior to the theft in February? That part of the story seems to have been swept under the carpet and forgotten about since it has never been mentioned again.