ANC slams ‘parallel process’ after ConCourt blocks Ramaphosa impeachment appeal
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday, 12 January 2026, dismissed an urgent bid to appeal the Western Cape High Court ruling that halted Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala impeachment inquiry, refusing direct access and declining leave to appeal.
The ANC has raised alarm over what it calls a “parallel process” by Parliament’s Impeachment Committee, warning that preparations for the Section 89 inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa risk undermining judicial proceedings still before the Western Cape High Court.
Public hearings Several political parties, including the ATM, EFF, United Africans Transformation and MK party, had approached the ConCourt seeking to overturn the ruling of the Western Cape High Court that granted Ramaphosa an interdict.
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