Ramaphosa Refuses to Resign Over Farm Robbery Report as Court Revives Section 89 Challenge
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 11
Ramaphosa Refuses to Resign Over Farm Robbery Report as Court Revives Section 89 Challenge
4 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 11
Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address Monday that he will not resign after a court ruling revived scrutiny of his handling of a robbery at his farm.
Ramaphosa said he would contest the panel report at the center of the scandal, arguing it contains “grave flaws” and that resigning would validate it.
The address came hours after South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled on an Economic Freedom Fighters challenge tied to the National Assembly’s Section 89 impeachment process.
That judgment has reopened political pressure on Ramaphosa, pushing the farm robbery controversy back to the center of South Africa’s leadership debate.
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