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Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)

Politics will continue to play out in courts in 2025

From parliament’s rejection of the Phala Phala report to the president’s signing of the NHI Act, the courts are again due to pronounce on consequential political acts

Skin in the game: President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a legal bid by the EFF to force parliament to impeach him over the Phala Phala scandal. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

EFF case brings back the spectre, and strangeness, of Phala Phala

Judges ask the president’s and the National Assembly’s counsel if parliament threw the baby out with the bathwater

Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)

Concourt denies Ramaphosa access on Ngcobo report on Phala Phala

The president can now turn to the high court to overturn the report that found he should face an impeachment inquiry

Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)

High court hears debate on whether secret ballot serves constitution

The question over dismissing the Ngcobo report was whether MPs had a primary duty to hold the president to account or be accountable to voters

Courting trouble: President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a challenge from the African Transformation Movement over the Phala Phala matter. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

From ATM to Zuma: A court calendar full of political conundrums

From a bid to overturn parliament’s rejection of the Ngcobo report to Jacob Zuma’s appeal to stay out of prison, political actors will fill the courts

File photo: Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands over the Zondo report on state capture to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Members of the cabinet and ANC members were implicated in the report. Photo: Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images

What the Ngcobo report meant for the Zondo report

The ANC’s reaction to the Zondo findings was a precursor of its attitude to the Ngcobo ‘Farmgate’ report

The opposition party argues that the speaker failed to apply the established test for calling a secret ballot when she declined to do so

ATM party asks high court to strike down vote on Ngcobo report

The opposition party argues that the speaker failed to apply the established test for calling a secret ballot when she declined to do so

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Ramaphosa escapes impeachment inquiry

ANC MPs voted down the Ngcobo report that recommended he face further inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal