President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched an urgent court bid to halt Parliament’s impeachment process linked to the Phala Phala scandal.
Ramaphosa argued that the process should not continue while he challenges the underlying report in court.
Ramaphosa filed papers in the Western Cape High Court on Friday seeking to review and set aside the Section 89 independent panel report, which found there was prima facie evidence that he may have violated the Constitution and committed serious misconduct in connection with the 2020 burglary at his Phala Phala farm.
This move comes after the Constitutional Court ruled in May that Parliament acted unlawfully when it blocked impeachment proceedings against the president in 2022.
The ruling compelled the National Assembly to establish an impeachment committee to investigate the matter further.
