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May 14, 2026 30 min

Inside Cyril's Couch Lottery

from Sharp Sharp Hosted by Financial Mail x Scrolla

The Constitutional Court ruled last week that Parliament failed in its duty when it buried the section 89 panel report on Phala Phala. An impeachment enquiry is now required. Rob Rose and Zukile Majova dig into everything you need to know about how $580,000 in cash ended up stuffed under a couch on Cyril Ramaphosa's game farm, why a Sudanese businessman left without his buffaloes, and why the president who nearly resigned in 2022 is not going anywhere this time. They also ask the big question: has Ramaphosa actually been good for South Africa? Rob gives him 65 percent. Zuks gives him 80. You decide. Then they get into the construction mafia story of the week — a JSE listed company paid eight and a half million rand to a mafia boss for what was invoiced as strategic security services. Sharp Sharp is a weekly podcast on South African politics, money and power from Currency News and Scrolla.Africa. New episode every week.

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