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South Africa’s president wins bid to temporarily halt impeachment inquiry over ‘Farmgate’

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South Africa’s president wins bid to temporarily halt impeachment inquiry over ‘Farmgate’

The ruling by the Constitutional Court prompted the president to mount a legal challenge, saying the panel had "misconceived its mandate, misjudged the information placed before it and misinterpreted the four charges advanced against me".

The Constitutional Court's ruling in May paved the way for parliament to revive the impeachment process.

At the time MPs voted against establishing an impeachment inquiry, but in May the Constitutional Court ruled that parliament had acted unlawfully by shelving the panel's report.

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