NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has stressed that the ceremonial handover of the Phala Phala report marks one of the indicative milestones in the country’s maturing constitutional democracy.
On Wednesday the Section 89 inquiry panel handed over the report to Mapisa-Nqakula, which consists of three volumes.
While Volume 1 is the report itself, Volumes 2 and 3 are a record of the proceedings which contains every document the panel relied on to prepare its report.
Retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, Judge Thokozile Masipa and advocate Sello Mahlape had been tasked with assessing whether President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer for on constitutional grounds for the alleged theft of foreign currency at his Phala Phala farm nearly three years ago.
The panel was granted a 13-day extension to conclude its work by November the 30th.
In June the African Transformation Movement (ATM) submitted to Mapisa-Nqakula a motion requesting the House to initiate an inquiry into the removal of Ramaphosa
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