President Cyril Ramaphosa  sidestepped the controversy involving the robbery on his Phala Phala farm when he delivered his reply to the debate on his office's budget vote in parliament. However, his reply was delayed by more than three hours after EFF MPs demanded  that he should not be allowed to address parliament due to the allegations he is facing over the heist on his farm in 2020.

 

For more clarity, we spoke to  Dr Sthembile Mbete, Senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Pretoria