"“I therefore respectfully want to make it clear that I will not resign,” Ramaphosa said in a televised address. “To do so would be to preempt a process defined by the Constitution. To do so would be to give credence to a panel report that unfortunately has grave flaws.”"
"The South African president was accused of hiding a 2020 break-in and the theft of large sums of foreign currency from police and tax authorities. The funds, $580,000 (492,000), which Ramaphosa said were the proceeds from the sale of buffaloes, were allegedly hidden inside a sofa at Ramaphosa's luxury Phala Phala farmhouse in the northern Limpopo province."
"In 2022, a report by an independent parliamentary committee found that Ramaphosa “may have committed” serious violations and misconduct. At the time, Ramaphosa's African National Congress (ANC) party held a majority in parliament and it declined to open impeachment proceedings following the report. The case resurfaced last week when the Constitutional Court overturned the rejection of the 2022 parliamentary report."
"According to the Constitution of South Africa, impeaching Ramaphosa would require the support of at least two-thirds of the 400 lawmakers in Parliament. The multi-party impe"
Ramaphosa announced he will not resign and will challenge impeachment proceedings in court. The impeachment effort follows a parliamentary plan to establish an impeachment committee after a Constitutional Court order. Ramaphosa is accused of hiding a 2020 break-in and theft of large sums of foreign currency from police and tax authorities. The alleged funds, $580,000, were said to be hidden inside a sofa at his Phala Phala farmhouse in Limpopo. A 2022 independent parliamentary committee report found he may have committed serious violations and misconduct. Parliament previously declined to open impeachment proceedings, but the Constitutional Court later overturned that rejection and ordered referral to an impeachment committee.
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