South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday the anti-corruption watchdog's finding that he deliberately misled parliament about donations to his party election campaign was 'unfortunate' and 'deficient both factually and in law.' 'It is unfortunate, however, that from a cursory reading of the final report, it seems that the President's response to the Section 7(9) notice has not been given due consideration,' Ramaphosa said in a statement published by the presidency. The ruling released by the Public Protector on Friday said Ramaphosa had effectively lied to parliament about a 500,000 rand ($35,900) donation he received for his 2017 election campaign for the leadership of the ruling African National Congress.
