• South Africa’s Constitutional Court ordered Parliament to reconsider impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
  • The ruling stems from allegations that $580,000 in cash hidden in a couch was stolen from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in 2020.
  • The court did not rule on the substance but on the lawfulness of Parliament’s decision to reject an independent panel’s recommendation for an impeachment inquiry.
  • The legal challenge was brought by opposition parties EFF and ATM, arguing Parliament’s decision was irrational and unconstitutional.
  • Ramaphosa has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged; he claims the money was payment for buffalo.
  • Parliament must now either vote again on the report or establish an impeachment inquiry.

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