By Sihle Mavuso
The evidence leader in the Phala Phala impeachment committee, Advocate Griffiths Thandazani Madonsela SC (Senior Counsel), has dismissed concerns by President Cyril Ramaphosa that he may be conflicted and, as such, should recuse himself as the evidence leader in the Phala Phala impeachment committee.
Madonsela also dismissed the concerns raised by the ANC that he is not suitable for the herculean job on the basis that in June this year he provided it with a legal opinion on the same matter.
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This is contained in a letter dated 19 August 2026, which Madonsela wrote to the parliamentary committee after Ramaphosa and the ANC raised objections on 18 August.
Ramaphosa objected on the basis that in March 2022 he removed Madonsela from the JSC (Judicial Services Commission) in 2022 and Madonsela may still be aggrieved by that
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