South Africa’s scandal-hit President Cyril Ramaphosa ‘not resigning’: spokesman
- Pressure mounting for Ramaphosa to quit or be forced from office over burglary of more than US$500,000 in cash from his farm, which he allegedly covered up
- Wednesday a parliamentary panel said Ramaphosa ‘may have committed’ acts contrary to the law and constitution, paving the way for impeachment proceedings
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, embroiled in scandal and under threat of impeachment, has no intention of resigning and will fight both politically and judicially, his spokesman said on Saturday.
Pressure mounted this week for Ramaphosa to quit or be forced from office over the burglary of more than half a million dollars in cash from his farm, which he allegedly covered up.
On Wednesday, a three-member parliamentary panel, including a former chief justice of the country’s highest court, said Ramaphosa “may have committed” acts contrary to the law and the constitution, paving the way for impeachment proceedings.
“President Ramaphosa is not resigning based on a flawed report, neither is he stepping aside,” his spokesman Vincent Magwenya said.
Ramaphosa has been under fire since June, when a former spy boss filed a complaint with the police alleging that the president had hidden a February 2020 burglary at his farm in northeastern South Africa from the authorities.
He allegedly organised for the burglars to be kidnapped and bribed into silence.
