The special police unit 'the Hawks' the public protector and the South African Reserve Bank are investigating the robbery at Ramaphosa's Phala Phala game farm at which former spymaster Arthur Fraser claimed US$4 million in cash was stolen (AC Vol 63 No 15 Sofa cash saga levels the ethical scores)...

In the affidavit revealing the burglary and claiming a cover-up former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser claimed Rhoode had led the deception and had interrogated the alleged thieves...

The Chief Justice's findings create a credibility problem for the President already worsened by the serious allegations he is facing from former spymaster Arthur Fraser over a robbery at his farm in February 2020 involving a cover-up a foreign exchange stash and bribery (AC Vol 63 No 13 The man behind the sofa story & 'Farmgate' rocks Ramaphosa)...

Once a key associate of President Jacob Zuma in the state security and intelligence apparatus Arthur Fraser has leapt onto the front pages with his claims about the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's farm in 2020...

The Hawks the police's elite investigating unit has been interviewing Arthur Fraser a confirmed Zuma supporter former Director-General of Correctional Services and ex-head of the State Security Agency (SSA) from where he is believed to have learned about the burglary at Phala Phala game-farm where the President breeds rare wildlife...

Few challengersThere are no Zuma loyalists who could credibly challenge Ramaphosa despite the fact that police are investigating him on charges laid by Zuma's former spy boss Arthur Fraser (AC Vol 63 No 13 – see accompanying features The man behind the sofa story)...

They are likely to rat on Zuma and his allies in exchange for a lighter sentence So far President Cyril Ramaphosa has not reacted publicly to the Guptas' arrest but the timing is helpful as he is fighting off accusations from Arthur Fraser former intelligence chief and ally of Zuma's that he had broken forex regulations and was storing US dollars in his farmhouse...

Arthur Fraser the former head of the country's State Security Agency has called for a criminal investigation against Cyril Ramaphosa which will badly damage the ruling African National Congress and the President's reputation...

But the former SSA director-general Arthur Fraser who presided over the creation of what Mufamadi labelled as illegal structures dismissed the report as lies and remained in government as head of the department of correctional services...