Chinese car donation scandal: Maropene Ramokgopa latest minister to be on the receiving end

ActionSA wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, over allegations that she may also have been on the receiving end of a Chinese donation of cars.

An ongoing investigation by the Daily Maverick has revealed that Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe may not have been the only one to have diverted donations ostensibly meant for the ANC Women's League to family and associates.

ActionSA MP Dereleen James said she will return to the police station to also lay a criminal complaint against Ramokgopa.

What started as reports of two Chinese vehicle donations having been diverted to the children of Minister Sisisi Tolashe has now grown to a bigger expose of the Daily Maverick tracking three more vehicles to people connected to Ramakgopa.

Just a week after filing complaints against Tolashe, James said she will now also pursue similar complaints against Ramokgopa with the police, the Public Protector and Parliament for corruption, breaches of the Executive Members' Ethics Act and misleading Parliament for failing to disclose the donations or gifts.

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James said the Daily Maverick investigation appears to indicate that Ramokgopa used the same tactics in allegedly registering one of the vehicles in the name of her son.

"ActionSA will not relent. We will use every available legal and parliamentary mechanism to expose wrongdoing and ensure that those in power face the full consequences of their actions."

James has also called out coalition parties in the GNU for not challenging suspected corruption among Cabinet ministers.

"The perks of power have silenced their principles. South Africans deserve a government that serves the people, not one that exploits public office to enrich itself behind a veil of secrecy."

Meanwhile, the DA said it will submit Parliamentary questions to Ramokgopa to determine whether she failed to disclose any gifts and whether she obtained presidential approval to keep them.