President Cyril Ramaphosa has faced criticism that he was Jacob Zuma’s number two when the Gupta family was accused of looting the state enabled by Zuma.
Cyril Ramaphosa returned to the Zondo Commission on Wednesday to conclude his testimony as chief of the governing party - and to start his evidence in his capacity as president of the Republic.
In his opening statement before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Wednesday, 11 August, 2021, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa stated: 'Since state capture is an assault on the democratic process, it is necessary that the process of extricating the State from a positi.
Cyril Ramaphosa threatened to resign as deputy president in the aftermath of then-president Jacob Zuma's shock decision to elevate African National Congress (ANC) backbencher Des van Rooyen to finance minister at the expense of Nhlanhla Nene. This was one of Ramaphosa's revelations during his testimony before the Zondo Commission on Wednesday.