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The Phala Phala farm robbery case proceeding at the Modimolle Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo on September 15, 2025.
The second state witness in the theft of foreign exchange at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in Bela-Bela, has told the Modimolle Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo, that she was not informed about the stolen money.
Advocate Koena Matlala has concluded cross-examining the 36-year-old housekeeper at Ramaphosa’s farm. She is testifying against three people who allegedly broke into the farm and stole over $580 000 or more than R10 million that had been hidden in a sofa.
They were arrested in October 2020.
This is what transpired between advocate Matlala and the state witness:
Adv Matlala: After Mr Sylvester checked and went back to the house, did you get information that money was stolen from the farm?
Witness: After Mr Syvester was through with his checking, I did not hear anything that there was any money, and again that they stole.
Another defense lawyer, Adv Ralleng Masipa will also cross-examine the witness.
The former acting lodge manager has earlier testified that he stuffed the money inside a sofa in a spare bedroom in Ramaphosa’s house at the farm when he prepared to go on leave.
The court has ordered that the witnesses must not be identified.
