MKP announces its deployees to impeachment committee

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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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Illustration of South African parliament forming impeachment committee for President Ramaphosa
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South Africa's National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has begun the process of forming a 31-member impeachment committee to examine allegations against President Cyril Ramaphosa over foreign currency found at his Phala Phala farm. The move follows a Constitutional Court ruling last Friday that declared a parliamentary rule unconstitutional and required the committee's establishment. Political parties must submit names for the committee by 22 May 2026.

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