South Africa’s highest court revives impeachment proceedings against the president Cyril Ramaphosa
From Eye on Africa by FRANCE 24 English
May 8, 2026 · 13 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the revival of impeachment proceedings against South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa amid a scandal involving stolen funds.
South Africa's President is facing the possibilty of impeachment, in a long running scandal known as Farmgate. It involves the dissapearance of over half a million dollars from Cyril Ramaposa's luxury farmhouse, which was stolen in a breakin in 2020. Ramaphosa is accused of serious violations and misconduct, and the Constitutional court has lifted an earlier ruling that blocked proceedings. He denies any wrongdoing.
Topics covered
- impeachment
- politics
- scandal
- Cyril Ramaphosa
- South Africa
- Constitutional court
Keywords
- Cyril Ramaphosa
- impeachment
- Farmgate
- Constitutional court
- South Africa
- political scandal
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Constitutional court
Places: South Africa
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