{"id":8444,"date":"2026-06-21T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=8444"},"modified":"2026-06-21T20:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:54:37","slug":"parliament-speaker-backs-ramaphosas-bid-to-halt-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=8444","title":{"rendered":"Parliament speaker backs Ramaphosa\u2019s bid to halt impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Parliamentary speaker Thoko Didiza plans to support President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s bid to halt his impeachment proceedings, putting her at odds with a panel of lawmakers who are conducting an inquiry into the nation\u2019s head of state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Speaker believes that the stance adopted is not only necessary but is entirely consistent with the respective roles and responsibilities of the Assembly versus those of the Impeachment Committee,\u201d according to a statement released on Sunday by parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">\u2018I will not resign\u2019 \u2013 Ramaphosa<\/div>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">Ramaphosa challenges cash-in-sofa report in court<\/div>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">Ramaphosa to appeal against farm cash report<\/div>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">Phala Phala: A legal win or a blow to accountability?<\/div>\n<p>A committee of lawmakers conducting an inquiry into whether Ramaphosa should be impeached over his handling of a robbery at his game farm is due to meet on Wednesday to consider their draft terms of reference and the process of appointing witnesses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ramaphosa has applied to halt the process until a separate court challenge that he instituted last month \u2013 due to be heard in the Western Cape High Court on 15 and 16 July \u2013 is concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The case stems from the 2020\u00a0theft of foreign currency\u00a0hidden inside a sofa at Ramaphosa\u2019s farm, a scandal that triggered allegations he concealed the crime and may have breached anti-corruption and foreign-exchange rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>#Parliament #speaker #backs #Ramaphosas #bid #halt #impeachment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliamentary speaker Thoko Didiza plans to support President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s bid to halt his impeachment proceedings, putting her at odds with a panel of lawmakers who are conducting an inquiry&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1040,993,503,6511,7560,10571,1650],"class_list":["post-8444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing","tag-backs","tag-bid","tag-halt","tag-impeachment","tag-parliament","tag-ramaphosas","tag-speaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}