Staff Reporter
Parliament has received the names of MPs who will serve on the impeachment committee that will investigate the Phala Phala scandal involving President Cyril Ramaphosa, the National Assembly said on Monday.
The committee is being established after the Constitutional Court revived impeachment proceedings linked to the 2020 theft of foreign currency from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm, overturning Parliament’s earlier decision not to proceed with an impeachment inquiry.
The deadline for political parties to submit names was Friday, 22 May. Almost all parties met the deadline, except the ANC, which told Parliament it would submit its names over the weekend. The ANC has since submitted its nominees.
The Section 89 impeachment process stems from an independent panel report in 2022 that found preliminary evidence that Ramaphosa may have violated his oath of office.
The matter centres on questions over how $580,000 in cash stolen from his farm was acquired,
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