Ramaphosa objects to impeachment committee's evidence leader pick
President Cyril Ramaphosa has written to Parliament's Section 89 impeachment committee objecting to Advocate Thandazani Madonsela SC as its evidence leader, citing a real or perceived conflict of interest, while opposition parties accuse him of delaying tactics to avoid accountability. With public hearings already frozen pending his review of the Phala Phala panel report, this fight over who runs the evidence process shapes whether the inquiry ever gets teeth. Listen for what the committee's decision to seek a legal opinion means and how the September review hearing could override all of it.
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President Ramaphosa formally objected to Thandazani Madonsela due to her prior dismissal from the Judicial Service Commission.
The impeachment committee narrowly approved Madonsela with nine votes while eleven members chose to abstain.
A Western Cape High Court interdict has frozen all Phala Phala public hearings until September.
Removing a president through the Section eighty-nine process requires a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.
Opposition parties claim the President’s procedural objections are calculated tactics to delay the inquiry.
The committee is seeking legal advice on whether Madonsela’s past work for the ANC caucus creates bias.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Objection to Madonsela2 min
- 03The Mechanics of Impeachment2 min
- 04The Legal and Political Tug-of-War2 min
- 05The Frozen Inquiry2 min
- 06Outro1 min
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