Burglary case: the South African president before his party's "integrity" commission

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, embarrassed by a dark case of burglary, will appear before the "

" commission of the ANC, the ruling party he leads who must nominate in the coming months its presidential candidate for 2023 .

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The party "

", the African National Congress (ANC) said in a statement on Monday evening, without however specifying a date.

Wracked by factional warfare, the ANC is trying to revitalize itself by rooting out corruption, with members facing criminal charges routinely suspended.

Cyril Ramaphosa, 69, has been weakened since last week by accusations that he bought the silence of burglars who fell on large sums of money in one of his properties.

In February 2020, according to the complaint filed on Wednesday by former South African intelligence chief Arthur Fraser, burglars broke into a farm belonging to Mr Ramaphosa, where they found the equivalent of nearly 3.8 million dollars. euros in cash.

The complaint accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of concealing the burglary from the police and the money from the tax authorities.

She also argues that the president would then have "

" the burglars "

".

Expected on the corruption front after succeeding President Jacob Zuma in 2018, pushed to resign by scandals, the head of state said Sunday at a party conference: "

”.

The stolen money came from a "

" and the actual sum is also "

", he explained.

Members of the ANC have in the past been removed from office following recommendations by the

Commission .