Impeachment committee agrees that Ramaphosa should testify
Amid ongoing litigation in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment proceedings, MPs on Wednesday agreed he would be called to testify. That decision is part of the preparatory work Parliament’s impeachment committee can still do after Ramaphosa obtained an interdict against ‘public impeachment hearings’. Despite previous appeals for consensus-building between political parties, on Wednesday, 5 August, it […] The post Impeachment committee agrees that Ramaphosa should testify appeared first on Th
Amid ongoing litigation in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment proceedings, MPs on Wednesday agreed he would be called to testify. That decision is part of the preparatory work Parliament’s impeachment committee can still do after Ramaphosa obtained an interdict against ‘public impeachment hearings’.
Despite previous appeals for consensus-building between political parties, on Wednesday, 5 August, it was clear the impeachment committee remained divided over who should serve as evidence leader. The choice came down to advocate Kate Hofmeyr and advocate Thandazani Madonsela, who carried the vote with nine to seven.
ANC MPs abstained in the vote, alongside the Patriotic Alliance and Al Jama-ah. Daily Maverick established that the ANC decided on this course because it did not want to be accused of double standards, as an ANC study group previously received a legal opinion from Madonsela.
Parliament’s impeachment committee has resolved to appoint advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader. (Photo: newslive_sa / Instagram)
Earlier, parliamentary lawyer Sueanne Isaac told MPs Madonsela had declared this, saying he had been briefed by “a firm of attorneys representing a study group”, but that his role had been “minimal”, limited to overseeing a junior before the brief ended on 5 July 2026.
