Phala Phala
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Phala Phala loot laundered for ANC, claims Zungula
African Transformation Movement (ATM) parliamentary leader Vuyo Zungula suggests the $580 000 found at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm might have been illicit funds…
Mbalula blasts Ad Hoc Committee on Mkhwanazi’s claims as political tool, praises Madlanga Commission
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has labelled Parliament's ad hoc committee, which investigated claims made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, as…
Opposition parties oppose Ramaphosa's bid to halt the Phala Phala impeachment process
President Cyril Ramaphosa's application to halt Parliament's Section 89 impeachment process over the Phala Phala farm scandal is facing opposition from the MK Party, the Economic…
Impeachment inquiry will go on
Parliament’s impeachment committee has decided to oppose President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to halt the impeachment proceedings over Phala Phala. Ramaphosa asked the Western Cape…
Rise Mzansi’s Makashule Gana elected impeachment committee chairperson
Parties in the GNU supported Gana’s nomination, while the Progressive Caucus, which comprises the MK Party, EFF, African Transformation Movement and UAT, backed Wonderhoy Mahlatse
Mbalula warns ANC veterans against public criticism
Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned senior ANC veterans, including Thabo Mbeki, against publicly criticising the party, while defending the ANC’s record during Jacob…
Constitutional Court ‘overburdened and undercapacitated’, says Freedom Under Law
In its new report, Freedom Under Law says the caseload of the apex court has tripled, leading to delayed judgments that negatively affect public confidence in the judiciary
It is time for the Second Republic
Our private and political lives are always punctuated by upheavals and storms. These moments signal the direction we should take. The unfolding political and economic crisis in…
Ramaphosa’s Constitutional Court dilemma
Ramaphosa’s decision to pursue a judicial review and the Constitutional Court’s call for Parliament to start an impeachment inquiry, will create tensions in the GNU
‘I will not resign’, Ramaphosa says
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal
EFF demands an immediate impeachment committee against Ramaphosa after Constitutional Court Phala Phala ruling
The party says parliament must immediately establish an impeachment committee to consider the panel’s findings on President Cyril Ramaphosa
Malema: Ramaphosa must resign and focus on his impeachment
South Africa cannot afford to have a president who is occupying office while being clouded by an impeachment process, the EFF leader says
Mkhwebane: ‘I have been vindicated in the Ipid report on Phala Phala
The former public protector said President Cyril Ramaphosa sanctioned the police’s illegal conduct during their investigation into the Phala Phala theft
‘Judges are not above scrutiny’: MK Party and ATM push for lifestyle audits
The political parties are calling for judges to undergo lifestyle audits, citing accountability concerns, judicial overreach and the delayed Phala Phala judgment
Phala Phala can’t be wished away
Even the court’s own critics and annual reports acknowledge that prolonged delays erode public confidence, yet this matter now stands at more than four times the prescribed period