Executive political leadership: Why a ‘super president’ won’t fix South Africa’s problems

Daily Maverick | 05.06.2026 06:18
On 8 May 2026, South Africa’s Constitutional Court passed a judgment declaring Parliament’s 2022 decision to reject a Section 89 independent panel report published earlier in the same year as “irrational, unconstitutional, and invalid”, opening the way to impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.