THE Section 89 panel report on the Phala Phala saga will be handed over to the National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, on Wednesday at 10am.
The panel, chaired by retired Justice Ngcobo, was tasked with determining whether there is prima facie evidence to institute an impeachment inquiry against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala matter.
The Phala Phala saga erupted in June after former national spy boss Athur Fraser filed a complaint with the police alleging that robbers broke into Phala Phala, the president’s farm in the northeast of the country, and stole $4m in cash stashed in furniture.
Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing in testimony to the panel.
In written answers provided to the independent panel, Ramaphosa categorically denied that he violated this oath in any way and “denies that he is guilty of any of the allegations made against him.”
To impeach a president requires a two-thirds majority vote in South Africa’s National Assembly, where Ramaphosa’s ANC commands more than two-thirds of the seats.
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