ActionSA calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately fire the Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, following explosive reporting by the Daily Maverick alleging that she received undisclosed gifts of three Chinese-made SUVs to the value of R1.5 million.
ActionSA will, in parallel, be laying a criminal complaint, a complaint to the Public Protector, and a parliamentary ethics complaint against Minister Ramokgopa.
This follows ActionSA’s decisive action last week against Minister Sisisi Tolashe for potential corruption, breaches of the Executive Ethics Act, and misleading Parliament after she allegedly received gifts of two Chinese-made SUVs to the value of R1 million, in what is emerging as a cars for cadres and their kids scheme within the executive.
Minister Ramokgopa appears to have followed the same playbook allegedly registering the three SUVs in the names of her son and close associates in what can only be understood as a calculated attempt to conceal assets and circumvent disclosure laws.
ActionSA will not relent. We will use every available legal and parliamentary mechanism to expose wrongdoing and ensure that those in power face the full consequences of their actions. This is precisely why we have introduced our Zero-Tolerance Corruption Bill: to dismantle the entrenched culture of impunity that continues to rot the core of government.
Equally damning is the deafening silence from other parties in the GNU. Those who once claimed to be champions against corruption now sit quietly beside their Cabinet colleagues embroiled in controversy. The perks of power have silenced their principles.
South Africans deserve a government that serves the people not one that exploits public office to enrich itself behind a veil of secrecy.
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