South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled in support of opposition efforts to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa in a case linked to the so-called “Farmgate” scandal.
The case relates to allegations that millions of dollars were allegedly hidden in sofas at Ramaphosa's private game farm and later stolen. The controversy first emerged in 2022 when an independent panel suggested that the President may have engaged in misconduct, news.az report, citing sky News.
Ramaphosa, 73, denied any wrongdoing and was never criminally charged. At the time, he faced significant political pressure to resign, but his party, the African National Congress (ANC), supported him and used its parliamentary majority to stop impeachment proceedings.
In 2024, the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters filed a case in the Constitutional Court, arguing that Parliament had acted unlawfully by failing to hold the President accountable.
on friday court The ruling ruled in favor of the opposition, effectively allowing efforts to resume impeachment proceedings against Ramaphosa to proceed.