{"id":34105,"date":"2026-05-09T15:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34105"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:35:24","slug":"sa-president-responds-to-constitutional-court-ruling-that-opens-door-for-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-responds-to-constitutional-court-ruling-that-opens-door-for-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"SA President responds to Constitutional Court ruling that opens door for impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Friday, the Presidency said Ramaphosa remains committed to the Constitution, the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case centred on the National Assembly\u2019s handling of proceedings related to allegations arising from the burglary at the President\u2019s Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. The EFF had challenged Parliament\u2019s decision regarding the Section 89 process, which deals with the possible removal of a president from office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Presidency said Ramaphosa has consistently cooperated with various investigations and inquiries into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRamaphosa has been consistent in providing his full assistance to the various enquiries into this matter,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It added that Ramaphosa maintains that no individual is above the law and that all allegations should be subjected to proper legal processes without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Presidency also urged South Africans to respect the Constitutional Court ruling and the country\u2019s judicial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34106,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-34105","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Presidency in South Africa (SA) says President Cyril Ramaphosa respects the judgment delivered by the Constitutional Court in a case brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) over Section 89 impeachment proceedings linked to the Phala Phala controversy.","published_date":"","news_description":"The Presidency in South Africa (SA) says President Cyril Ramaphosa respects the judgment delivered by the Constitutional Court in a case brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) over Section 89 impeachment proceedings linked to the Phala Phala controversy.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34107,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34105\/revisions\/34107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}