Phala Phala

On Tuesday when Parliament voted on the Section 89 report on Phala Phala, a scandal that has entangled Ramaphosa, De Lille decided to abstain.

She says her vote (her vote was yes) was wrongly captured and changes it to "no". Only 148 MPs voted for its adoption. The department is notorious for its inflated government buildings leases. [Parliament voted on the Section 89 report](https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/live-blog-the-road-to-nasrec-2022-7b7ee5ea-afde-4544-9a1e-646c707b550d) on Phala Phala, a scandal that has entangled Ramaphosa, De Lille decided to abstain. [her whistle-blowing that the likes of Tony Yengeni, Zuma and the French arms company, Thales](https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/de-lille-tells-of-quest-for-arms-deal-facts-1725219), got into trouble with the law. [the original whistle-blower](https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/de-lille-first-witness-in-zuma-corruption-trial-36bc669f-8f4c-46c5-a423-f71aba47d6fe) in the late 1990s when South Africa spent billions of rand to purchase modern arms while it was not preparing for any war.

CAPE TOWN - Parliament has rejected an independent panel's report into the Phala Phala farm theft. This means President Cyril Ramaphosa won't face ...

[Ramaphosa Farm Theft [defeated the motion](https://www.enca.com/news/livestream-parliament-debate-vote-phala-phala-report) by 214 votes to 148. [Ramaphosa farm theft

Members of Parliament are set to cast their votes in the National Assembly later today on whether to adopt the Phala Phala report.

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Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Phumulo Masualle has hinted that he will vote in favour of Parliament's adoption of the Phala Phala report, adding to the ...

Where the president has issues that he has pointed to, which he considers false in the report, he is free to explore avenues to get the necessary remedies. Ahead of the crucial vote in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Masualle told News24: "Accountability cannot be swept under the carpet and, as far as Parliament is concerned, it must ensure that. The ministers told the caucus that the threat to discipline them, should they vote in support of the adoption of the report, was unconstitutional.

DA leader John Steenhuisen says Phala Phala 'the same as Nkandla', EFF says president is a 'constitutional delinquent'

“If that’s how you intend to vote today — one unified shield against accountability and oversight, just like you did in the Zuma days — then shame on you. “‘Never again’ we were told in the wake of the damning Zondo report. Accepting it would set in motion an impeachment process, leaving the president vulnerable ahead of the ANC’s elective conference, which begins in Nasrec, Johannesburg, on Friday. “It should be rejected because it was flimsy,” she said. He said there was not sufficient evidence to impeach President Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking during a special sitting of the National Assembly to debate and vote on the damning report, Lamola said the panel report equated the sufficient evidence required by the rules of parliament with prima facie evidence, which sets a much lower bar.

Opposition MPs from the EFF and ATM told National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula that if she allowed open-ballot voting on the adoption of the ...

With the ANC's crucial elective conference just three days away, presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma led a rebel group of ANC MPs in Parliament ...

The ANC Women's League in the Western Cape handed over a memorandum hours before the parliamentary sitting that is expected to vote on the Section 89 Phala ...

It would be premature to embark on an impeachment process in the absence of evidence and findings from these agencies.” Police informed them that they were not allowed to picket close to the women’s league. Niehaus was expelled from the ANC after he was found to have brought the governing party into disrepute. The report has now been delivered to the speaker of the National Assembly for tabling before Parliament. The group is calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step down. - Did not provide “sufficient evidence” of a serious violation of the law or misconduct on the part of the President; and

The small group of protesters, led by expelled ANC member Carl Niehaus, made efforts to get closer to the Cape Town City Hall precinct but briefly clashed with ...

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Police had to remove chanting Ramaphosa supporters from outside Cape Town's City Hall where ANC MPs were set to vote on whether he should face impeachment ...

We are not saying we are against the law but the correct processes must be followed.” “We are here to come and support Cyril Ramaphosa to get a second term. We are also rejecting the panel report, they did not do their job, they relied on hearsay.

ANC MPs follow the party line and vote against report in special sitting of the National Assembly.

After a long and laborious voting process in which each MP had to stand up and say whether or not they support the adoption of the report, all but four of the governing party’s members present in the session overwhelmingly rejected the report. Email [email protected] or call 0860 52 52 00. There were at least 10 ANC MPs absent during Tuesday’s session...