Bosasa-Corruption-Ramaphosa

By: Lindelani Mbatha

ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa, says the ruling party would never have accepted donations from the controversial company, Bosasa.

Ramaphosa has been testifying before the Zondo commission of inquiry, investigating state capture.

In 2019, Former Bosasa COO, Angelo Agrizzi, told the Commission that the company funded ANC election campaigns with food parcels and party T-shirts in some instances.

These donations were made while the company had been awarded numerous government contracts at the Department of Correctional Services.

Ramaphosa says the party must have known that Bosasa was reliant on government contracts.

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On corruption, Ramaphosa says they are working hard to deal and root out corruption within the governing party.

The president has blamed factionalism in the party, for the alarming corruption.

He says those who loot public resources must face the full might of the law.

“Leadership right now, that has had to draw a line, is responding to increasing corruption and factionalism, and this problem is not going away. It continues to entrench itself by increasing, therefore, it requires drastic action that should be taken because it is resulting to less and less support for the ANC, weakening and dividing the party,” explains Ramaphosa.

Ramaphosa says corruption is affecting the country’s economic and social level, saying people are deprived of good service delivery because funds are diverted.