‘Farmgate’: Cyril Ramaphosa inquiry ‘clears’ South African president but police still investigating

ANC leader was accused of failing to report theft of foreign cash hidden in sofas at his ranch

South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog has reportedly cleared president Cyril Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing in a preliminary report on a cover-up scandal known as farmgate", involving between $580,000 and $5m of foreign currency hidden at his private game farm.

The Public Protector said it had notified implicated parties of the preliminary findings of its probe over the theft of the cash from Ramaphosa's luxury farmhouse - something the president is accused of having attempted to conceal.