Phala Phala

Five years after escaping the 'Cupcake sex scandal,' President Cyril Ramaphosa is back in the midst of yet another scandal that his cabinet members have ...

However, in a media statement, Ramaphosa accused Independent Media of a "well-resourced" campaign against him after questions sent to him by the paper were circulated on social media. According to a former Independent Media editor, an investigation by his team included going through hundreds of emails linking Ramaphosa to a string of extramarital affairs. In 2017, then deputy president Ramaphosa, who was vying for the position of president of the ANC and the country, became the face of a sex scandal linking him to eight young women.

... * Editor's note: This livestream has ended. You may watch a recording above. CAPE TOWN - National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has announced ...

ANC party bosses have told their MPs that internal disciplinary processes would be activated against anyone who votes against their instruction in the Phala ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will not face an impeachment process after an overwhelming majority of MPs voted against the adoption of the Phala Phala report.

Before voting closed, Mahambehlala backtracked and said that her vote had been captured incorrectly. The ANC occupies 230 of the 400 seats in the National Assembly. Earlier, ANC president aspirant Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was one of only five ANC members of Parliament to vote in favour of proceeding with a full inquiry into the impeachment of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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.

ANC party bosses have told their MPs that internal disciplinary processes would be activated against anyone who votes against their instruction in the Phala ...

The National Assembly is due to debate the report of the section 89 panel of experts that found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have an impeachable case to answer over the theft of millions of rand at his Phala Phala farm. Should the report be adopted, the National Assembly will immediately institute a committee to lead impeachment proceedings against the president. ANC party bosses have told their MPs that internal disciplinary processes would be activated against anyone who votes against their instruction in the Phala Phala debate due to take place at 2pm on Tuesday.

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

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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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It's just bringing to light all the corruption that is happening. Other key issues on the Midday Report today: As MP's gathered ahead of Parliament's vote on whether or not the President should face an impeachment trial, anti-Ramaphosa protestors made their feelings on the matter known. News24 investigations find that President Cyril Ramaphosa's former Phala Phala lodge manager now works for Arthur Fraser's niece. The Midday Report Express: Anti-Ramaphosa protestors gather Parliament I think it's just a big, big joke.

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.

The DA has from the onset said it believed that an ad hoc committee would be the better route to follow, because it would have a broader mandate to ...

We can’t ignore it and pretend it’s not happening. • "Parliament has got to grapple with this issue.

The ANC used its majority in the House yesterday to vote against the adoption of the Section 89 independent panel report on the Phala Phala scandal.

But for a victory so longed for, it feels like one unaccompanied by a sense of hope,” Nyembezi said. All other parties are toeing their own party line, it is unfortunate that our own did not.” “With hindsight, the revelations of the panel report were to be the fulcrum on which the prospects of the governing ANC, and therefore opposition parties, turned. “That process was a travesty of justice and the Speaker acted recklessly …She was biased towards her party and acted to protect Ramaphosa,” Manyi said. Mzwanele Manyi of the ATM, said the party would be speaking to its lawyers to see if it could nullify the process which he described as “a travesty of justice”. The ANC used its majority in the House yesterday to vote against the adoption of the Section 89 independent panel report on the Phala Phala scandal.

ANC MPs followed the party line at a special sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday, voting to quash the Phala Phala report, throwing a lifeline to ...

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. ANC MPs followed the party line at a special sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday, voting to quash the Phala Phala report, throwing a lifeline to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to retain his leadership of the party and the state.

The ANC's decision 'is a net positive for South Africa's financial markets and the rand' – emerging markets economist Brendan McKenna.

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South African lawmakers quashed an advisory panel's report that found President Cyril Ramaphosa may have breached the constitution, bolstering his campaign ...

“This predictable outcome puts an end to the impeachment proceedings,” said Melanie Verwoerd, an independent political analyst and former ANC lawmaker. While Ramaphosa initially contemplated resigning, he later backtracked and said he will challenge the panel’s findings in court on the basis that they’re legally flawed. The police are also investigating the matter, and under ANC rules, he’ll have to resign if he’s criminally charged. “The president has consistently stated his commitment to due process.” Lawmakers from all the main opposition parties voted in favor of adopting the report. The findings were rejected by 214 legislators in the 400-member National Assembly on Tuesday, scuppering a potential impeachment inquiry.

Cabinet minister and ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member Ronald Lamola has refused to be drawn into the question of what will happen to their ...

They believe more ANC members would have voted with them but were scared to do so openly. On Friday, the ANC will hold its elective national conference where Ramaphosa will be vying for a second term as party president. Lindiwe Sisulu and Dr Zweli Mkhize — both expected to vote with the opposition parties — were absent for the voting period. After the debate, members of Parliament voted on whether to accept or reject the report. “The outcomes represent democracy,” said Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. “There were allegations that people received threats, but no one has died.

Lindiwe Sisulu had been vocal about President Cyril Ramaphosa's possible culpability in the Phala Phala matter, but was not present when MPs voted on ...

"We are sitting in a situation, where a group of people is holding the country to ransom. And it is wrong, that is dictatorship of the worst kind... "Parliament was held by the scruff of the neck to vote the way that it voted. By the time I come back, the doors had been closed," Sisulu said. Instead, we have gone on and covered up and created an untenable situation," Sisulu said. - Sisulu said she was locked outside the chambers of the Cape Town City Hall because she was outside to read a text message.