Tuesday’s special session of the South African parliament is scheduled to discuss a legal experts’ panel report that suggested President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated his oath of office.
This has to do with the Phala Phala farm scandal that the president is currently dealing with, in which Mr. Ramaphosa has been charged with covering up the theft of foreign currency from his own game farm back in 2020.
The outcome of the vote on President Ramaphosa’s impeachment by MPs will determine the future of the president.
Calls for his resignation have been fueled by evidence of possible misconduct following accusations that he covered up the theft of foreign currency from his game farm.
Mr Ramaphosa has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
The governing ANC party has instructed its 230 lawmakers, including those known to be against the president, to reject the report because its findings have been challenged in court.
But some could break ranks and side with opposition parties for impeachment proceedings to get under way.
If Mr Ramaphosa survives the encounter in parliament, he is likely to be re-elected as ANC president at the party’s elective conference which starts on Friday.