Zuma jr sheds light on Moyane removal

ONE of the sons of former president, Jacob Zuma, alleges that after studying the full ruling of the public protector against President Cyril Ramaphosa, he is convinced that Tom Moyane was removed to ensure that he did not probe the sitting head of state.

Edward Zuma, who in the past has had spats with Pravin Gordhan and Derek Hanekom, both Ramaphosa loyalists, also claimed that advocate Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi were removed from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to ensure that Ramaphosa and his pre-Nasrec campaign team were not investigated.

Yesterday, Zuma jr claimed that the Ria Tenda Trust, which was used to collect money for Ramaphosa’s campaign, was signed off by its trustees around February 2017 and the trust was officially registered in April 2017.

He claimed that based on this, there were clear intentions on Ramaphosa’s part and those around him to circumvent the law and as a consequence thereof, there were clear intentions to hide their deeds.

“The amounts involved are of serious concern and attract serious tax issues, both on the side of the donors and the recipient, which cannot be ignored by whoever is in charge of Sars. On close scrutiny and the purpose for which the trust was formed, one cannot escape concluding the trust was and is the alter ego of the president. In simple terms it’s a sham, in my humble view. The issue of personal loans and repayments thereof by campaign managers, leave too much to be desired and call for strong scrutiny by Sars,” Zuma said.