Ramaphosa to challenge validity of Phala Phala report, says it has 'grave flaws'
Ramaphosa will challenge the panel findings after the court ordered Parliament to refer the report to an impeachment committee.
- On Friday, the Constitutional Court cleared the path for a public impeachment hearing into President Cyril Ramaphosa, declaring a parliamentary rule unconstitutional and ordering the Section 89 independent panel report referred to an impeachment committee regarding the $580,000 theft at his Phala Phala farm.
- An independent panel's 89-page report handed to Parliament on November 30, 2022, found Ramaphosa had a case to answer over serious constitutional violations, rejecting his claim that the stolen cash came from a buffalo sale and citing conflicts of interest and Prevention of Corrupt Activities Act breaches.
- President Ramaphosa announced he will take the report on review, stating his decision was "not out of disrespect to Parliament or its processes, but to affirm the need for such findings to be correct in law and in fact." The ANC National Executive Committee gathers Tuesday in Cape Town to discuss the ruling.
- Parliament remains duty-bound to establish impeachment structures under Section 89 of the Constitution, while the EFF intends to oppose Ramaphosa's review application and demand urgency on the court roll. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis said Monday that Parliament must obtain legal advice on whether the review affects the impeachment committee's work.
- The Inkatha Freedom Party maintains both judicial and parliamentary processes must proceed simultaneously to uphold the Constitution and rule of law, with parliamentary rule amendments able to advance in parallel with the President's review application while ensuring institutional accountability.
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa turns to courts to stall impeachment
The NewsSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to challenge a decision by the country’s top court reviving an impeachment inquiry against him, shifting the fight from a hostile parliament to the courts and easing pressure on the country’s fragile coalition government.His late-night televised announcement came days after South Africa’s Constitutional Court ordered lawmakers to restart scrutiny they halted when they binned a report that f…
South Africa: Ramaphosa's Court Review Cannot Halt Parliament's Constitutional Obligations On Phala Phala
Press Release - The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) notes President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to institute a court review of the report compiled by the Independent Panel on the Phala Phala matter, which was submitted to Parliament's impeachment process.
Ramaphosa to take Phala Phala panel report on review
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to address the nation at 8pm on Monday, where he is expected to announce that he is taking the section 89 report, which found he might have breached the constitution, on review.
I Remain Here; I Will Not Resign – President Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign following last week’s Constitutional Court judgment on the Section 89 impeachment process linked to the 2020 theft at his Phala Phala farm. Addressing the nation at the Union Buildings in Tshwane on Monday evening, the President said nothing in the Constitutional Court ruling compels him to step down from office, adding that resigning would undermine constitutional processes and efforts to renew …
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