Why should we trust Ramaphosa now?

President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t spur an impending impeachment. Truth be told, Ramaphosa contravened Executive Ethics Code and then discharged a babbled-loaded spin to quash an indictment.

Even a grade 11 pupil is intelligent enough to know that the manager had every freedom to report to the police whatever crime was committed at Phala Phala farm. But Ramaphosa chose a pell-mell rush for the deployment of his security detail.

That created an impression of a well thought-out scheme to conceal a crime. Typical of disguises, Ramaphosa claimed on various platforms that he was away on government business when the head of the presidential protection unit attended a scene of crime. Yet there’s no case docket, exposing his claim as ethically hollow. Worse, fugitives are still at large with undisclosed cash from sale of stock. A promise to find reconciled sales receipts to confirm money stolen metamorphosised into a sub judice.

It resembled controversial ethical issues witnessed under his leadership of hiding behind law. Ramaphosa couldn’t begin to lead a renewal programme, even after a promise of a new dawn. Why should we trust him?