South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has won a court challenge to halt a parliamentary impeachment process over misconduct allegations linked to the ‘Farmgate’ scandal.
Background of the Scandal
The scandal involved the theft of bundles of cash from a sofa on Ramaphosa’s ranch in 2020. Ramaphosa has always denied wrongdoing and said the $580,000 stolen was proceeds from the sale of buffaloes.
The Western Cape High Court granted Ramaphosa an ‘interim interdict’ that will temporarily prevent the parliamentary impeachment process from moving forward. This ruling is a boost for Ramaphosa as he awaits the outcome of a separate court case challenging an independent panel’s findings that he may have a case to answer over the scandal.
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