South Africa’s ruling African National Congress says that it has disqualified some of its senior officials from being candidates in this year’s election because of long-running corruption allegations, but others also facing accusations were cleared to...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said Monday that six officials facing accusations of corruption have been included on its list of candidates for this year’s election, bringing more scrutiny on a party that already has had its reputation badly damaged by graft.
Ramaphosa has had his own reputation tarnished by a separate scandal involving more than $500,000 in cash that was stashed in a couch at his ranch and stolen in 2020. The theft only came to light in 2022.
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