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South Africa Constitutional Court orders Parliament to revisit Ramaphosa impeachment proceedings
Key takeaways
- Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency is on the line, as lawmakers will now have to reconsider whether there are grounds to impeach him over the scandal dubbed "Farmgate."
- The ruling stems from an allegation that $580,000 in US banknotes, hidden in a couch, was stolen from Ramaphosa's private Phala Phala game farm in 2020.
- The court did not rule on the substance of the allegations.
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Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency is on the line, as lawmakers will now have to reconsider whether there are grounds to impeach him over the scandal dubbed "Farmgate."
https://p.dw.com/p/5DSn GRamaphosa, won his presidency on an anti-corruption ticket [FILE: April 18, 2026]Image: Ignacio Lopez Isasmendi/ZUMA/picture alliance Advertisement South Africa's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the country's Parliament to reconsider impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The ruling stems from an allegation that $580,000 in US banknotes, hidden in a couch, was stolen from Ramaphosa's private Phala Phala game farm in 2020.
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