South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is preparing legal action as South Africa’s Constitutional Court orders Parliament to revisit impeachment proceedings related to the “Farmgate” scandal. The case concerns allegations that money disappeared from Ramaphosa’s luxury farmhouse after a break-in in 2020, with the amounts reported by outlets reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ramaphosa denies wrongdoing.
According to reporting from multiple outlets, Ramaphosa is pursuing what is described as a two-part approach, aiming to challenge the impeachment process and the formation of an impeachment committee after the Constitutional Court ruling. Deutsche Welle reports that lawmakers must reconsider whether there are grounds for impeachment, following the court’s decision to lift an earlier block on proceedings. South African outlet IOL similarly reports that Ramaphosa seeks to interdict the process while the court’s new instructions take effect.
Overall, sources agree that the Constitutional Court’s decision revives the possibility of impeachment, and Ramaphosa’s team is preparing court challenges to halt or delay the proceedings while Parliament reviews the basis for any impeachment.
