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ANC ready to take the fight and defend Ramaphosa

Sowetan · · 962 words · By Lizeka Tandwa; Kgothatso Madisa; Sisanda Mbolekwa
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The ANC is expected to rally behind President Cyril Ramaphosa when its national executive committee meets in Cape Town today”
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Multiple web search results confirm that ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula called an urgent special NEC meeting in Cape Town and that the party is expected to rally behind President Ramaphosa.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ANC is expected to rally behind President Cyril Ramaphosa when its national executive committee meets in Cape Town today, as the party scrambles to contain the political fallout from the revived P…
https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-05-12-anc-ready-to-take-…
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web search NEUTRAL — ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has called an urgent special National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to discuss the Constitutional Court ruling that has reopened the Phala Phala impeachment pr…
https://currentaffairsza.com/2026/05/11/mbalula-calls-urgent…
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web search NEUTRAL — ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has summoned an urgent special national executive committee meeting in Cape Town on Tuesday night as the governing party grapples with the political fallout of ...
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-05-11-mbalula-call…
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“senior advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi advised ANC officials yesterday that Ramaphosa should urgently take the independent panel report on review”
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While the evidence confirms Tembeka Ngcukaitobi is a senior advocate and that the ANC is meeting to defend Ramaphosa, none of the provided search results explicitly mention him advising ANC officials yesterday to take the report on review.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tembeka Nicholas Ngcukaitobi SC is a South African lawyer and legal scholar. An advocate of the Johannesburg Bar since August 2010, he gained silk status in February 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tembeka_Ngcukaitobi
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web search NEUTRAL — The ANC is expected to rally behind President Cyril Ramaphosa when its National Executive Committee meets in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon, as the party scrambles to contain the political fallout fro…
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-05-12-anc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Four years later, over 300 testimonies, a billion rand spent, the state capture report was finally handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buil...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOUEByzIGeo
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“Last night Ramaphosa addressed the nation, stating that he had no intentions to resign.”
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Web search results confirm that President Ramaphosa has ruled out resigning over the cash heist scandal in a televised address.
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web search NEUTRAL — At the ANC's 54th National Conference on 18 December 2017, he was elected president of the ANC. Two months later, the day after Zuma resigned on 14 February 2018, the National Assembly (NA) elected Ra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite the establishment of an impeachment committee, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ruled out resigning over the cash heist scandal."I therefore respectfully want to make it clear that …
https://www.dw.com/en/ramaphosa-declines-to-step-down-impeac…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the 2021 State of the Nation Address to the first ever Hybrid Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN36msjvS2A
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“he will be seeking a legal review of the section 89 report which found that there is a case to answer.”
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This is confirmed by a cross-reference from Daily Maverick and multiple web search results stating Ramaphosa's intention to take the Section 89 report on judicial review.
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web search NEUTRAL — The President’s decision to subject the findings and processes of the Section 89 panel to scrutiny by the courts reflects confidence in the judiciary and affirms the importance of due process, procedu…
https://www.publicinterest.org.za/post/public-interest-sa-we…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his intentions to take the Section 89 Independent Panel report on review. Image: SITHUNYELWE.Meanwhile, the DA said Ramaphosa’s decision to take the Section 89 …
https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-05-11-ramaphosa-usi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Reports state that Cyril Ramaphosa is renewing his attempt to review the Section 89 Phala Phala Report. This is nothing but a desperate delay tactic to avoid impeachment and accountability. This prove…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“the Constitutional Court overturned parliament’s December 2022 decision to block the Phala Phala report from proceeding to a formal impeachment inquiry.”
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Multiple sources confirm the Constitutional Court overturned the December 2022 parliamentary decision to block the Phala Phala impeachment inquiry.
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web search NEUTRAL — South Africa's National Assembly breached the country's Constitution with an invalid vote on 13 December 2022 in relation to 'the Phala Phala farm scandal', and must now refer an independent report in…
https://www.africa-legal.com/news/ramaphosa-impeachment-inqu…
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web search NEUTRAL — The case was brought to the Constitutional Court by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) regarding the Phala Phala farm theft. The EFF approached the apex court to request it to overturn Parliament's d…
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/concourt-rules-in-eff-favo…
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web search NEUTRAL — As part of the order, the Constitutional Court referred the report of the independent panel directly to parliament's impeachment committee established under the National Assembly rules.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-05-08-breaking-con…
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“The independent panel, chaired by former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo, found prima facie evidence that Ramaphosa may have violated the constitution and committed serious misconduct linked to the 2020 theft of foreign currency from his Phala Phala game farm.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the independent panel chaired by Sandile Ngcobo found prima facie evidence that Ramaphosa may have violated the constitution regarding the Phala Phala foreign currency theft.
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web search NEUTRAL — The independent panel has found that there is "prima facie" evidence that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated constitution.
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/independent-panel-finds-ramap…
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web search NEUTRAL — The EFF seeks to revive the report of an independent panel, chaired by former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo, which made prima facie findings that Ramaphosa may have violated the constitution and the la…
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/politics/2024…
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web search NEUTRAL — Read Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo's full report. The Panel concluded that the information placed before it discloses prima facie evidence that the President may have committed several serious violatio…
https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-05-07-ramaphosa-has-a-c…
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“The ANC’s top leadership has now instructed National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza to initiate the impeachment process”
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The claim states the ANC leadership instructed Speaker Thoko Didiza to initiate the process. However, the evidence shows the EFF wrote to Didiza asking her to initiate the process, and while Didiza is initiating it, the driver appears to be the Court ruling and EFF pressure rather than an ANC instruction.
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web search NEUTRAL — Straight from its victory in the Constitutional Court on Friday, the EFF has written to parliamentary speaker Thoko Didiza asking her to immediately initiate the process to establish an impeachment co…
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-05-08-constitutional-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza will initiate the process to constitute an impeachment committee.The National Assembly, where the ANC held a majority at the time, rejected an inquiry panel repo…
https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/didiza-to-constitute-impeach…
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web search NEUTRAL — Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, says he will write to National Assembly Speaker, Thoko Didiza, immediately to request her to immediately establish an impeachment committee in th…
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eff-push-for-immediate-pha…
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“parliament confirmed that Didiza had outlined the process the National Assembly would follow to implement the Constitutional Court judgment.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Parliament and Speaker Thoko Didiza outlined the process to implement the Constitutional Court judgment.
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web search NEUTRAL — National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza confirmed that Parliament will establish an impeachment committee following a dramatic Constitutional Court judgment that overturned Parliament's ...
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/ramaphosa-faces-fresh-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a statement issued on Monday, parliament confirmed that Didiza had outlined the process the National Assembly would follow to implement the apex court's judgment, which struck down rule 129I ...
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-05-11-impeachment-…
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web search NEUTRAL — National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has announced steps to effect the Constitutional Court's judgment on the Phala Phala matter.
https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories/didiza-announces-steps…
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“Didiza will formally table the panel’s report before the National Assembly, provide Ramaphosa with a copy, and begin establishing an impeachment committee in line with Section 89 of the Constitution.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific sequence of tabling the report and providing a copy to Ramaphosa as part of the committee establishment.
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“EFF leader Julius Malema vowed the party would continue pursuing Ramaphosa’s impeachment even if the president resigned.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Julius Malema's specific vow to pursue impeachment even if the president resigned.
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“Ramaphosa had initially launched a court challenge against the Section 89 panel report in December 2022, only to abandon it after the ANC used its parliamentary majority to block the impeachment process days later.”
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“the South African Communist Party in Moses Mabhida has sounded the call for Ramaphosa to resign”
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