By Simon Nare
President Cyril Ramaphosa will personally appear before Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee to account for his handling of the theft of foreign currency at his Phala Phala farm.
This was confirmed by National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza during a virtual Rules Committee meeting on Wednesday, which she chaired to adopt the rules that will guide the committee’s proceedings.
“The President will appear personally and will be assisted by his legal team, as the rules have stated,” said Didiza.
Didiza later referred the draft rules back to a subcommittee for clarification after MPs failed to reach agreement on several key provisions.
After hearing arguments from members, Didiza said it would be best to return the rules to the subcommittee to work with the legal team to clarify provisions that remained unclear.
MPs clashed over the requirement that members serving on the Section 89 committee must be “fit and
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