African Transformation Movement MP Vuyolwethu Zungula has fired a broadside at President Cyril Ramaphosa, rejecting his court bid to have the Phala Phala panel's report reviewed and set aside.
In a letter sent on Wednesday and seen by IOL, Zungula, acting through his lawyers, said Ramaphosa’s move was a direct attempt to dodge accountability over the millions in cash found at his Phala Phala farm about six years ago.
He argued Ramaphosa's application was “ill-founded” and a “Stalingrad approach” meant to block a process the Constitutional Court revived earlier this month.
Ramaphosa went to the Western Cape High Court on Monday asking for the Ngcobo panel’s report to be declared unlawful.
The panel found he may have committed a serious violation of the Constitution and exposed himself to a conflict of interest over the theft of $580,000 in cash found at his Limpopo farm in 2020.
