Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found that President Cyril Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament in relation to the R500 000 Bosasa donation to his campaign to become ANC leader.
Releasing the report on her investigation into the donation on Friday, Mkhwebane said the allegations are substantiated that he deliberately misled the National Assembly during a question session in Parliament in November last year.
"He deliberately misled Parliament, in that he should have allowed himself sufficient time to research on a well informed response," she said at a press conference in Pretoria.
Mkhwebane said that by misleading Parliament, Ramaphosa had also violated the Constitution.
"I therefore find President Ramaphosa's conduct as referred to above, although ostensibly in good faith, to be inconsistent with his office as a member of cabinet and therefore in violation of section 96(1) of the Constitution," her report found.
Last year, during a question-and-answer session in Parliament, Ramaphosa said his son, Andile, benefited to the tune of R500 000 from a contract with Bosasa.
Ramaphosa later retracted his answer, writing to the National Assembly saying he inadvertently provided incorrect information and that the half a million rand was in fact donated to his campaign to become ANC President. - ANA
