Ramaphosa impeachment bid | Judge questions whether president believes his version should outweigh evidence

President Cyril Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa appears to believe his word should carry more weight than the evidence against him, a Western Cape High Court judge said on Wednesday.

Judge André le Grange made the remark while questioning the president's advocate in Ramaphosa's urgent bid to stop Parliament's impeachment committee from beginning its inquiry into the theft of US dollars from his Limpopo farm, Phala Phala, in 2020.

The matter is before a full bench comprising Le Grange and judges Matthew Francis and Diane Davis.

"I am getting the impression, sitting here, that the president thinks that, listen here, my evidence [that] I give must weigh heavier than all this, as he terms it, hearsay evidence from his accusers," Le Grange said.