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Opposition parties ask South Africa's top court to revive impeachment hearings for the president

  • Two opposition parties have asked South Africa's top court to restart impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal involving stolen cash.
  • The Economic Freedom Fighters and African Transformation Movement want the court to overturn a late 2022 Parliament vote that prevented impeachment hearings.
  • Opposition parties argue that Parliament did not fulfill its duty as a preliminary investigation suggested misconduct by Ramaphosa.
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SA: Constitutional court hears PhalaPhala case, EFF hopes for an impeachment vote

Two South African opposition parties asked the country's top court Tuesday to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal where more than half a million dollars in cash was stashed in a couch at his ranch and then stolen.

·Pointe-Noire, Congo
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The CitizenThe Citizen

Judgment reserved on EFF Phala Phala challenge after marathon arguments

Ramaphosa’s lawyer argued that the independent panel should have assessed whether there was enough evidence to warrant an impeachment.

·South Africa
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News24 | 'Why were the dollars in the couch?': ConCourt hearing revives Ramaphosa's Phala Phala demons

Constitutional Court Justice Owen Rogers has pushed back against Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC’s claims that there was not “sufficient evidence” to justify the president facing an impeachment inquiry – in a hearing that revived all the questions that remain about Phala Phala.

·South Africa
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Ngcobo's Phala Phala report 'asked the wrong question' ConCourt hears

EFF and ATM faced off with the president and the ANC at the apex court on Tuesday over parliament's impeachment rules

·Johannesburg, South Africa
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South Africa opposition party revives impeachment proceedings against President Ramaphosa

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a South African opposition party, brought a case to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday seeking to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The proceedings relate to allegations stemming from the “Farmgate” scandal, which involves claims that Ramaphosa concealed a burglary at his private game farm in 2020 and failed to report the theft of a large sum of undeclared foreign currency. Th…

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Opposition parties ask South Africa's top court to revive impeachment hearings for the president

Two South African opposition parties asked the country’s top court Tuesday to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal where more than half a million dollars in cash was stashed in a couch at his ranch and then stolen.

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