EFF Launches ConCourt Bid to Revive Ramaphosa Impeachment Inquiry
The party says a court order has blocked Parliament from continuing public hearings in the Section 89 process while Ramaphosa’s review case proceeds.
- On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, the Economic Freedom Fighters filed an urgent application at the Constitutional Court, seeking to overturn a Western Cape High Court ruling that halted President Cyril Ramaphosa's impeachment proceedings in Parliament.
- The Western Cape High Court delivered its ruling on Friday, July 24, 2026, granting Ramaphosa an interim interdict that effectively paused the Section 89 Impeachment Committee's work pending the outcome of his separate review application.
- EFF President Julius Malema argues the order constitutes a 'constitutional interdict' that 'temporarily immobilises Parliament from carrying out its core and exclusive constitutional function,' violating separation of powers.
- Urging the Constitutional Court to dismiss the order, the EFF contends the central issue is 'whether the judiciary has the authority to suspend an ongoing parliamentary accountability process before it has reached its conclusion.'
- Warnings of precedent shape the appeal: the EFF claims allowing the majority's reasoning could enable any public office-bearer to halt accountability processes by launching a review, potentially leaving impeachment 'suspended in mid-air.
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South Africa: EFF Skips the Queue, Goes Straight to Concourt Over Ramaphosa Interdict
The EFF wants the Constitutional Court to overturn a Western Cape High Court ruling that paused Parliament's impeachment committee. The party is asking to join the case as a Third Applicant, alongside Vuyolwethu Zungula and the African Transformation Movement.
EFF launches ConCourt bid to revive Ramaphosa impeachment inquiry
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has filed an urgent application in the Constitutional Court seeking to overturn a Western Cape High Court ruling that halted Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala matter. The party argues that the High Court unlawfully interfered with Parliament’s constitutional duty by suspending the impeachment process pending the outcome... Read more → The po…
EFF & ATM appeal ruling in favour of President in Impeachment Committee case
The EFF and African Transformation Movement (ATM) have approached the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal a Western Cape High Court ruling on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to halt the work of the Impeachment Committee. In a statement on Tuesday, the EFF noted that it has approached the court on an urgent basis, noting that the High Court’s judgement was “fundamentally flawed and ought to be overturned”. The High Court ruled in the […]
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