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President Ramaphosa Phala Phala saga on the spotlight

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign from his office but will rather take the Indepedent Panel Report on Phala Phala on judicial review. Ramaphosa announced this in an address to the nation on Monday night (11/05) beamed from his offices at the Union Buildings in Pretora. This address follows the judgment of the Constitutional Court last Friday (08/05) finding that the rules governing Parliament's impeachment process are unconstitutional. The rules were challenged by the EFF and ATM who argued that the National Assembly in 2022 acted irrationally when it decided not to appoint a committee to look into the recommendations of an independent panel into the matter chaired by Former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo. The panel found that  Ramaphosa had a prima facie case to answer regarding foreign currency stolen from a couch on his Phala Phala farm in 2020. We spoke to our reporter Busi Bopela, Lisa Schickerling, MP and DA Spokesperson on Police, Public Protector spokesperson, Ndili Msoki and Otlile Mooketsi, Practicing attorney and Director at Mooketsi Maluleke Incorporated...

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