D-day for impeachment committee nominations

CAPE TOWN - Political parties have until the close of business on Friday to submit names of MPs to serve on Parliament’s impeachment committee probing the Phala Phala matter.

The 31-member committee will revisit the report into the theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm.

The same report he is challenging through a judicial review.

Speaker Thoko Didiza said the committee will include representatives from all 16 parties in Parliament.

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Seats will be allocated according to proportional representation.

Any move to remove the president from office requires a two-thirds majority vote in the National Assembly.

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