{"id":41675,"date":"2026-08-06T08:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41675"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:13:13","slug":"impeachment-panel-seeks-clarity-on-sa-president-testimony","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/impeachment-panel-seeks-clarity-on-sa-president-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment panel seeks clarity on SA President testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) parliamentary committee considering whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should face impeachment is seeking legal clarity over the rules governing his testimony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The committee is drawing up its procedures after a court temporarily suspended its hearings and has been advised that the Ramaphosa can be compelled to appear if he declines an invitation to testify voluntarily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Meanwhile SA court is due to deliver judgment in the high-profile Phala Phala farm theft case on November 2, after the prosecution and defence concluded their closing arguments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Three people are on trial over the alleged theft of $580 000 in cash from President Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s game farm in February 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">One of the accused, a former domestic worker at the property, is alleged to have informed the others about money hidden inside a sofa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30059,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-41675","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA impeachment committee is seeking legal clarity","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41675","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\/41675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41676,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41675\/revisions\/41676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}