South African President Faces Impeachment Threat
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a possible impeachment threat over the “farm gate” scandal.
The president has been accused of covering up a $4m (£3.3m) theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence.
A leaked report from an independent panel has found that Mr Ramaphosa abused his position and may have broken an anti-corruption law.
He has denied wrong doing, and said the money was from selling Buffalo.
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The panel’s findings have been handed to parliament, which is set to examine them and decide whether or not to launch impeachment proceedings next week.
The ANC will hold a meeting with its executive today, where it is expected that the issue will be discussed.
The farm gate scandal erupted in June, when a former South African spy boss, Arthur Fraser, filed a complaint with police accusing the president of hiding a theft of $4m from his Phala Phala farm in the north-east of the country in 2020.
