South African tax authorities were not able to find any record that Hazim Mustafa, the Sudanese businessman who paid $580 000 in cash to President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm, declared the cash he brought into the country in December 2019. Democratic Allince (DA) leader John Steenhuisen filed a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) in December 2022. Steenhuisen asked for a copy of the declaration form after Mustafa produced a document that he showed journalists in an interview with Sky News, but would not hand it over.
A Paia application by the DA to the SA Revenue Service has found there are no records of a declaration of the money President Cyril Ramaphosa received which was later stolen at his Phala Phala farm.
In a response to a Promotion of Access to Information Act request by DA leader John Steenhuisen, SARS has confirmed that it could find no record of a declaration by Phala Phala buffalo buyer Hazim Mustafa, who claims he declared the $580 000.
Opposition parties are up in arms over a SARS finding that there is no record that Hazim Mustafa, the Sudanese businessman who paid $580 000 in cash to President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm, declared the money he had brought into the country.