Chairperson of the Impeachment Committee on Section 89 inquiry, Makashule Gana
The ANC abstained at Parliament's impeachment committee on Wednesday, letting six opposition parties, including the EFF, pick the advocate recommended to lead the Phala Phala evidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Advocate Thandazani Madonsela SC beat advocate Kate Hofmeyr SC by nine votes to seven, with 11 abstentions, in a roll-call vote of political parties.
The committee's vote is a recommendation only, and Parliament will now put Madonsela's name through its own supply chain and procurement processes before he can be appointed.
Madonsela was carried by the MKP's three votes, the EFF's two, and one each from the ACDP, Build One SA, the ATM and United Africans Transformation.
