President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal

The Constitutional Court will rule on whether parliament acted lawfully when it rejected a Section 89 panel report recommending an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril…

Legal precedent favours the ATM in its application to have parliament’s vote on the Ngcobo report overturned but the speaker says the court erred

Chief legal advisor says the sub judice rule does not bar the National Assembly from debating the report, unless the president applies for an interdict

One of the grounds is the publication of a list of counsel and the fees they earned from litigation around the reports of the suspended public protector

The president rejected the demand that he lift her suspension as public protector and said he would defend his decision in a legal challenge she sought to bring

The decision came despite inventive litigation launched by the public protector to stave off both suspension and a parliamentary impeachment inquiry

The public protector’s lawyer informed the court and the respondents of the ‘unfortunate’ development on the eve of the high court hearing