Pretoria – The Constitutional Court is set to deliver judgment on Friday, 8 May, on whether Parliament acted improperly in its handling of the Phala Phala matter involving President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The case, brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), challenges the National Assembly’s 2022 decision to reject a Section 89 panel report that found a prima facie case that Ramaphosa may have violated his oath of office following the theft of foreign currency from his Limpopo farm.
The EFF argues Parliament failed to properly process the report, saying it sought to prevent “political interest and ANC majoritarianism” from “suppress[ing] accountability.”
In a statement on Tuesday, EFF said that the judgment, to be delivered at 10am, comes more than 500 days after the matter was argued.
The EFF’s Statement on Confirmation of Date of Judgement in the Phala Phala Matter
-This judgment comes exactly 521 days after the matter was argued before the Constitutional Court. The EFF approached the Constitutional Court to challenge the unlawful conduct of the National… pic.twitter.com/3VyYJBnD0G
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) May 5, 2026
“At the centre of this case is the EFF’s demand that parliament must properly process and consider the section 89 report instead of allowing political interest and ANC majoritarianism to suppress accountability,” the party said.
Other parties, including the African Transformation Movement, have also called for impeachment proceedings, citing findings from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate related to the handling of the 2020 theft.
Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing, stating, “I had nothing to do with it,” while previous investigations by the Public Protector and the South African Reserve Bank cleared him of misconduct.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
