Johannesburg, Nov 2, 2026 (AFP) - S.Africa convicts two over $580,000 theft at president's farm

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2026-11-02

A South African court on Monday found two people guilty over a break-in at President Cyril Ramaphosa's luxury farmhouse, a cash-heist that nearly cost him his job. The scandal centres on the 2020 theft of large sums of foreign currency allegedly hidden in furniture at Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farmhouse in the northern province of Limpopo. The president has faced scrutiny over where the money came from, as well as accusations of concealing the thef......

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