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A judgment is anticipated on Monday at the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo regarding the Phala Phala farm theft case. Imawunela David and his siblings, Froliana and Ndilinasho Joseph, are accused of stealing $580,000 from President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in February 2020. They are charged with theft, conspiracy to commit theft, money laundering, and housebreaking.

The case emerged in June 2022 when former Intelligence boss Arthur Fraser filed a criminal complaint against Ramaphosa at a Johannesburg police station. Fraser alleged that Ramaphosa did not declare foreign currency to the Reserve Bank and used improper methods to recover the stolen money. The suspects were apprehended in November 2023.

Froliana Joseph, one of the accused, previously worked as a domestic worker at the game farm. Magistrate Peter Manthata will deliver the judgment after the ongoing proceedings have lasted for three years.