By Simon Nare
Parliamentary impeachment committee chair Makashule Gana on Thursday described the establishment of the Section 89 inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s handling of the theft of foreign currency from his Phala Phala farm as a victory for South Africa’s Constitution.
Addressing a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) marking the 30th anniversary of the Constitution, Gana said the committee was the first of its kind in democratic South Africa.
The committee was established after the Constitutional Court found that the National Assembly had failed to follow the correct process in dealing with allegations linked to the theft of foreign currency at Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm.
Ramaphosa challenged the findings of an independent panel in court, arguing that it had applied the wrong standard and failed to present sufficient evidence to justify impeachment proceedings.
The president also threatened legal action to
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