South Africa’s president Ramaphosa ‘profits from trophy hunting and breeds rare animals to be shot for cash’

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outh Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa is profiting from a 50 per cent stake in a company that runs hunting safaris and secretly breeds rare “exotic” species to be shot by wealthy trophy hunters, investigators claim.

The president is quietly expanding a trophy-hunting farm where animals are bred with unusual mutations that will fetch higher prices, according to Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) US.

But his team keep quiet about his links to the wildlife shooting business to spare him “bad publicity”, it’s claimed.