Cape Town – A video showing President Cyril Ramaphosa outside the Sandton home of Hangwani Maumela — implicated in a R2 billion Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal — has sparked attention, but Ramaphosa’s spokesperson says the encounter was purely coincidental.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is allegedly outside the home of his Nephew Hangwani Maumela. #AdHocCommittee
KT MOLEFE pic.twitter.com/k1lgSCXwOP— T.Bone (@Bone_Meslane) October 10, 2025
The president has denied any personal relationship with Maumela, who is only distantly related through a past marriage.
Maumela, identified by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) as leading one of three syndicates that siphoned off R820 million from Tembisa Hospital over two years, has had luxury assets, including Lamborghinis and designer property, seized.
His lavish Sandton mansion, valued at R86 million, remains under heavy security following the raid.
According to IOL, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya emphasised that the president regularly walks in the area and did not know the house belonged to Maumela, asserting the president has no personal or business ties to him.
PICS: The @RSASIU has confirmed that it raided the luxury Sandhurst home of businessman Hangwani Maumela, seizing high-end vehicles as part asset recovery operation linked to corruption at Tembisa Hospital.#HangwaniMaumela #TembisaHospital #SIU #maumela #Corruption #Sandton pic.twitter.com/cd8bgC0U1y
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“As it is well known, President Ramaphosa loves to walk whenever he finds time. He had invited Mr. Sibiya for a walk. He regularly invites his staff, even Ministers, on walks. They passed a house which is now well known as Maumela’s house,” the report quoted him as saying.
“While passing this house, they were stopped by Tbo Touch, who was in the company of his mentor and friend, Bishop Noel Jones. They took pictures, and there’s even a video. During the walk, the president stopped and spoke to several people along the way, including taking pictures with them,” said Magwenya, who added that Ramaphosa did not know that the house belonged to Maumela.
WATCH | President Cyril Ramaphosa has distanced himself from businessman Hangwani Maumela, who is embroiled in the Tembisa Hospital tender corruption scandal. pic.twitter.com/XDsGmJtv38
— SABC News (@SABCNews) October 13, 2025
“The president regularly walks and drives past the house because this is the street that is not too far from his house in Hyde Park. It’s a street that he would use when driving to and from Sandton. I also use the same street quite often when going to the President’s house, coming from the Sandton direction.”
Magwenya stated that the video should not be taken as evidence of any relationship, emphasizing that Ramaphosa has no personal connection with Maumela.
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Compiled by Lisabeal Nqamqhele
