MKP announces its deployees to impeachment committee

May 19, 2026

Reported by AI

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has named three members to serve on South Africa's 31-member impeachment committee examining evidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party announced on Tuesday that its representatives on the committee will be Dr John Hlophe, the party's first Deputy President and Parliamentary leader, Chief Whip Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, and Dr Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala.

Political parties must submit names to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza by Friday for the committee, which was established following a Constitutional Court judgment.

The panel will consider prima facie evidence regarding foreign currency taken from Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm.

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MKP announces its deployees to impeachment committee

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