Two people who have been convicted of the theft of thousands of foreign currency at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm in Bela Bela, Limpopo, will be sentenced on Friday morning by the Modimolle Regional Court.
The mastermind, Imanuwela David, and a former domestic worker at the farm, Froliana Joseph, have been found guilty of theft, housebreaking and money laundering.
They stole $580 000 at Ramaphosa’s farm in February 2020.
The third person, Ndilinasho Joseph, was acquitted.
During judgment, Magistrate Peter Manthata said that cellphone records provided sufficient evidence linking the pair.
The court found that Froliana tipped David off about the foreign currency hidden inside a sofa.
During the trial, the acting manager at the farm, Sylvester Ndlovu, also testified that there was indeed money that was hidden inside a sofa after the buffaloes were sold.
The theft incident came to light in 2022.
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Reporting by Rendani Raliphaswa.