After finding out about corruption, Cyril Ramaphosa said he was then left with several options including resigning from the executive. The president said this would have impaired his contribution to ending state capture.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says resigning would have entrenched state capture and corruption in the public service to deeper levels.South Africans followed president Cyril Ramaphosa's testimony at the state capture inquiry on Wednesday, with many taking to social media to weigh in on it.
Ramaphosa told commission chairperson deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo that he had not been aware of state capture until it was exposed by journalists. He was then left with several options including resigning from the executive. The president said this would have impaired his contribution to ending state capture. Here are seven telling quotes from his testimony that had SA talking:
President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared before the state capture commission of inquiry on August 11 2021. On Ramaphosa's first day in the hot seat, he was questioned on corruption, Eskom, Prasa and his involvement with former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe.“The deployment committee knows that, at best, [all] it can only ever do is to note that there is a vacancy and that there are certain names that could be proposed. Having done that, it also knows very well that it is not the appointing structure.
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