South African president says he will not step down after impeachment call

President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would not resign on Monday evening after days of speculation.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced he will not resign despite an impeachment committee being established to reinvestigate allegations of concealing the theft of over $580,000 in cash from his game ranch. He intends to legally challenge a parliamentary report suggesting credible evidence of misconduct, claiming the report is flawed and that resigning would undermine constitutional processes.

South Africa's Constitutional Court overturned a previous parliamentary vote that rejected an investigative report implicating President Cyril Ramaphosa in a cash scandal, potentially opening the door to impeachment. The scandal centers around $580,000 in cash concealed in a couch at his Phala Phala farm, allegedly proceeds from buffalo sales, which Ramaphosa reported as stolen.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected calls to quit despite an impeachment committee being set up to reinvestigate allegations that he hid the theft of cash stashed in his sofas. He insists he will legally challenge a parliamentary report which found credible evidence of wrongdoing on his part.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that he will not resign, despite calls for him to quit after the Constitutional Court ruled last week that parliament had violated the constitution by blocking moves to impeach him in 2022. He intends to take the independent panel’s report on review on an expeditious basis to halt it from heading to the impeachment committee of parliament.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday he will not resign over the Constitutional Court judgment on Phala Phala and announced he will take the independent panel report that found there is prima facie evidence suggesting he may have a case to answer 'on review on an expeditious basis'. He stated that nothing in the judgment justifies impeachment and his removal as president.