On 30 November 2022, former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo
delivered the Section 89 Independent Panel Report (the
"Report") into the 2020 burglary at
President Cyril Ramaphosa's farm, Phala Phala, to the National
Assembly Speaker.
The Report has left many in South Africa wondering about the
possibility of President Cyril Ramaphosa being impeached.
Impeachment is a term generally used to define the process by
which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal
initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. In
South Africa, the power of impeachment is a tool for holding the
president accountable for violations of law and abuse of power.
The Constitution gives the National Assembly the authority to
remove and impeach the president from office for a serious
violation of the Constitution or the law, serious misconduct or the
inability to perform the functions of the office. However, the
National Assembly's powers are limited. They may only
