Cyril responds to ‘dubious tender’

President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday moved swiftly to set the record straight following a report in The Star newspaper that alleged that a complaint of corruption relating to a “dubious tender” had been opened against him at Sandton police station. “The newspaper report is not clear on the details of the complaint, the report contains glaring inaccuracies and a clear misrepresentation of facts,” said

Ramaphosa through acting presidency spokesperson Tyrone Seale. According to reports, the Free State department of education is said to have given a tender to Ramaphosa’s former company, Shanduka, to build a school. Ramaphosa, who founded the Shanduka Group in 2001, withdrew from the company in 2014 to focus on his political career. The Star reported that Reserve Bank shareholder Fanie Fondse laid criminal charges against the president on Tuesday.