国际英语资讯:S. African president challenges public protector over election donation scandal
<p><span word="CAPE">CAPE</span> <span word="TOWN">TOWN</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 21-- <span word="South">South</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Cyril">Cyril</span> <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="challenged">challenged</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Protector">Protector</span> <span word="Busisiwe">Busisiwe</span> <span word="Mkhwebane">Mkhwebane</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="allegations">allegations</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="violated">violated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Executive">Executive</span> <span word="Ethics">Ethics</span> <span word="Code">Code</span>.</p><p><span word="Mkhwebane">Mkhwebane</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> "<span word="contains">contains</span> <span word="numerous">numerous</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="inaccuracies">inaccuracies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="material">material</span> <span word="nature">nature</span>," <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="Mkhwebane">Mkhwebane</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span> <span word="donation">donation</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> 500,000 <span word="rand">rand</span> (<span word="about">about</span> 36,000 <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="fund">fund</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="donation">donation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Bosasa">Bosasa</span> <span word="company">company</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="Operations">Operations</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fund">fund</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> (<span word="ANC">ANC</span>) <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span>. <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="then">then</span>.</p><p><span word="Mkhwebane">Mkhwebane</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span> <span word="deliberately">deliberately</span> <span word="misled">misled</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="details">details</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="donation">donation</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="received">received</span>.</p><p><span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="donation">donation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="payment">payment</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="son">son</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="company">company</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="Mkhwebane">Mkhwebane</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span> <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="claim">claim</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="duty">duty</span>-<span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="declare">declare</span> <span word="funds">funds</span> <span word="deposited">deposited</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="personally">personally</span> <span word="benefitted">benefitted</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bosasa">Bosasa</span> <span word="donation">donation</span>.</p><p><span word="Mkhwebane">Mkhwebane</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span> <span word="ought">ought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="funds">funds</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="transferred">transferred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cyril">Cyril</span> <span word="Ramaphosa">Ramaphosa</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> <span word="account">account</span>.</p>
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