Ramaphosa account of ‘Farmgate’ cash backed up by businessman

Hazim Mustafa says he paid $380,000 for cattle at South African president's ranch in 2019

A Sudanese businessman has confirmed that he made the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars for cattle at the centre of the scandal threatening to unseat South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa.

The embattled president launched legal action on Monday to challenge a report handed over last week by an independent panel appointed by parliament that accused him of serious misconduct after the theft from his private game ranch of a sum reported to be between $500,000 (410,000) and $5m in cash almost three years ago.