South Africa’s highest court revives impeachment proceedings against the president Cyril Ramaphosa

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South Africa’s highest court has reinstated impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa, relating to a scandal involving missing funds from his farmhouse. The court's decision allows for further legal challenges against the president.

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.