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ConCourt rejects appeal to unfreeze Ramaphosa's Phala Phala impeachment inquiry

The Constitutional Court has dismissed the ATM's bid to overturn a Western Cape High Court interdict that halted public hearings in President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala impeachment inquiry, leaving the matter to run through the pending high court review. The ANC caucus has welcomed the ruling as proof that political pressure cannot override due process, while the impeachment committee prepares to finalise its terms of reference. This shapes whether and when the country's president will face a parliamentary reckoning over the farm dollar scandal. Listen for what the ruling means for the timeline and the political stakes for opposition parties who pushed the appeal.

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