Cyril Ramaphosa Buys Time as Impeachment Clock Ticks Down
IOL | 15.05.2026 10:50
A DELEGATE holds a sign reading ‘Phala Phala’, referring to a theft that happened at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm with the same name, during the 55th National Conference of the ANC at NASREC in Johannesburg on December 16, 2022. The Constitutional Court on May 8, 2026, overturned a vote in Parliament that had quashed the opening of impeachment proceedings against Ramaphosa following the cash-heist scandal. The tone of Ramaphosa’s address in light of the court’s judgment left a bitter taste in the mouth, says the writer.
