By Simon Nare
President Cyril Ramaphosa has secured an important legal victory in his bid to stave off impeachment, but Friday’s Western Cape High Court ruling is likely to delay rather than end Parliament’s efforts to hold him accountable over the Phala Phala scandal.
In a split judgment, the full bench granted Ramaphosa an interim interdict preventing Parliament’s impeachment committee from proceeding with public hearings until his application to review and set aside the Independent Panel report is heard from September 2 to 4.
The ruling marks a significant procedural win for the president, buying him valuable time and shielding him, for now, from the political spectacle of public impeachment hearings.
However, it does not determine whether the Independent Panel report is lawful, nor does it absolve him of the allegations arising from the theft of foreign currency at his Phala Phala game farm.
Judge Mathew Francis, with Judge André
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