South Africa’s Ramaphosa Faces Mounting Push for Impeachment
Ramaphosa has dismissed demands that he step down and says he will fight the process in court. He intends to seek a judicial review of the 2022 Section 89 panel report, which concluded there was preliminary evidence he...
South Africa’s political temperature rose sharply after the Constitutional Court ordered Parliament to relaunch impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa, reigniting the Phala Phala scandal and placing him under fresh legal and political scrutiny.
Ramaphosa has dismissed demands that he step down and says he will fight the process in court. He intends to seek a judicial review of the 2022 Section 89 panel report, which concluded there was preliminary evidence he may have breached the Constitution or engaged in misconduct.
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The controversy traces back to the 2020 theft of cash from Phala Phala Farm. Opposition parties, including the African Transformation Movement and the Democratic Alliance, have pressed for consequences. Analysts say the case now doubles as a barometer of Ramaphosa’s clout and a litmus test for the principle that no one stands above the law.
