Impeachment for Dummies? How it happens, when it happens and to whom
Daily Maverick | 13.05.2026 03:48
In essence, impeachment is the mechanism a nation’s legislature or another legally empowered body uses to bring charges against a public official for misconduct in order to remove that individual from office. In simple terms, think of impeachment effectively as an indictment or criminal charge and a conviction as the guilty verdict.
