South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is mounting a legal challenge against an official report from the country's corruption watchdog that concluded he had deliberately misled parliament over a campaign donation. Ramaphosa is now seeking an urgent judicial review of the report. Speaking to journalists on Sunday evening, he said he believes it is appropriate for courts to make an impartial judgment on the matter. CGTN's Yolisa Njamela has more.

Fundamentally and irretrievably flawed. That's how President Cyril Ramaphosa described the corruption watchdog's report. So, the report by the corruption watchdog Busisiwe Mkhwebane was released last Friday. In addition to accusing President Ramaphosa of misleading parliament, It suggested that he had potentially committed a money laundering offence. Last year, President Ramaphosa told parliament that he had not received election campaign donations from a controversial company during his bid to lead the governing African National Congress. It later emerged that was not true. Ramaphosa apologised, and said he had been misinformed.

YOLISA NJAMELA PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA "In her findings, the public protector says there is merit to suspicions that the way the money was paid amounted to money-laundering."

Addressing the media, Ramaphosa said Mkhwebane's report exceeded the scope of the office of the public protector and he alleged she had acted unconstitutionally.

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT "The report contains numerous factual inaccuracies of a material nature. The findings are wrong in law, are irrational and, in some instances, exceed the scope of the powers of the Public Protector."

Ramaphosa argued that Mkhwebane also acted inconsistently with the constitution because he was not given an opportunity to comment on the remedial action against him.

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT "I am taking this action in the firm belief that the President is not above the law, and nor is the Public Protector. The Public Protector is equally bound by the law and, like the President, is answerable to the provisions of the Constitution."

The corruption watchdog says it has noted the President's decision to seek legal recourse. Yolisa Njamela, CGTN, Pretoria, South Africa.