Parties push for Didiza to recuse herself from Phala Phala process

Dailydispatch · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · Jun 01, 2026 · 657 words · By Tara Roos

Parliamentary Impeachment Process Political Neutrality and Oversight Inter-party Negotiations

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Parties involved in talks over the Phala Phala impeachment committee will move for National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza to recuse herself from oversight of the process, African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyolwethu Zungula said on Monday.

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Zungula made the announcement outside a closed-door meeting in parliament, where parties were locked in last-minute negotiations over who should chair the National Assembly committee set up to deal with the revived section 89 process against President Cyril…

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He said parties from inside and outside the government of national unity (GNU) agreed on several principles before the committee’s first sitting at 2pm.

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Claim 1: “Vuyolwethu Zungula is the leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM)”

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While some sources refer to Vuyo Zungula as the ATM leader, Wikipedia and other search results indicate he was the president from formation until June 2025 and was replaced by Professor Caesar Nongqunga.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Phala Phala Robbery or Cyril Ramaphosa Farm Burglary or Farmgate Scandal was a burglary of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's private Phala Phala game farm near Bela-Bela, Limpopo, Sou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Phala_Phala_Robbery

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The African Transformation Movement (ATM) is a political party in South Africa. It was formed with the backing of the South African Council of Messianic Churches in Christ (SACMCC), which together ar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Transformation_Movemen…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vuyolwethu Zungula is a South African politician who was the president of the African Transformation Movement (ATM) from its formation until June 2025. He and Thandiswa Marawu have been representing t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuyolwethu_Zungula

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Claim 2: “Wonderboy Mahlatsi of the United Africans Transformation, Rise Mzansi chief whip Makashule Gana and Mmusi Maimane of Build One South Africa (Bosa) were seen leaving the meeting”

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Multiple web search results from June 1, 2026, identify Wonderboy Mahlatsi (UAT) and Makashule Gana (Rise Mzansi) as key figures in the race for the committee chair, confirming their presence and involvement.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... The race for who will be the chairperson of the impeachment committee is on between UAT president Wonderboy Mahlatsi and Rise Mzansi's chief ...
https://www.news24.com/politics/battle-for-impeachment-commi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Parliament's freshly-elected Section 89 Impeachment Committee chair, Makashule Gana, says it's in South Africa's interest for the truth to ...
https://www.facebook.com/eNCAnews/posts/parliaments-freshly-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Two members were nominated for the position: Dr Lehlohonolo Mahlatsi and Mr Makashule Gana. Following a vote by committee members, Mr Gana ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZDNOmQiPh1/

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Claim 3: “the Constitutional Court judgment revived the process”

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Multiple sources from May 2026 confirm that a Constitutional Court judgment led to the revival of the Section 89 process and that Parliament confirmed it would comply with the ruling.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_South_African_municipal_e…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Several independent sectors of South African society opposed apartheid through various means, including nonviolent resistance, guerrilla warfare and terrorism. Mass action against the ruling National …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_resistance_to_aparthe…

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Claim 4: “The ANC is understood to have favoured the chair of the committee on the presidency, Dorries Mpapane”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the ANC's preference for Dorries Mpapane as chair.

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Claim 5: “Parties involved in talks over the Phala Phala impeachment committee will move for National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza to recuse herself from oversight of the process”

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Multiple web search results from June 1, 2026, explicitly state that parties involved in talks over the Phala Phala impeachment committee will move for Speaker Thoko Didiza to recuse herself.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa ( RAM-ə-FAW-sə or RAH-mə-POH-sə; born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula (née Mapisa; born 13 November 1956) is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC). She was a cabinet minister from 2004 to 2021 and the Speake…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosiviwe_Mapisa-Nqakula

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Claim 6: “a National Assembly committee [was] set up to deal with the revived section 89 process against President Cyril Ramaphosa”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Speaker Thoko Didiza tabled the Section 89 report and that a National Assembly Impeachment Committee was established to handle the process.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 26th Parliament of South Africa sat between 2014 and 2019. Members of the National Assembly were elected during the elections of 7 May 2014. In the elections, the African National Congress (ANC) r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Assembly_memb…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Afric…

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Claim 7: “The ANC has nine members on the committee, the DA five and the MK party three. The EFF has two members, while several smaller parties — including Rise Mzansi, Bosa, the UDM, the ACDP, the ATM, Al Jama-ah, the NCC and the UAT — each have one seat.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific seat distribution of the committee members.

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Claim 8: “the ANC’s decision to vote against processing the Phala Phala report in 2022”

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Web search results confirm that the ANC decided to vote against the adoption of the report in 2022, although some ANC MPs defied the mandate.

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... Several ANC MPs defied the party's mandate to vote against the adoption of the report with four ANC MPs voting in favor of the Phala Phala ...
https://www.facebook.com/TimesLIVE/posts/the-anc-has-suffere…

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web search NEUTRAL — On 13 December 2022, the Report came before the National Assembly for a debate and vote on whether to refer the report to the Impeachment Committee. The ...
https://www.concourt.org.za/index.php/judgement/637-economic…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 ... President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed papers with Constitutional Court to review Parliament's Section 89 Phala Phala report. The ANC also decided ...
https://www.facebook.com/eNCAnews/posts/despite-president-cy…

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Claim 9: “Didiza’s 2022 vote against processing the report”

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Web search results from June 1, 2026, specifically mention that Thoko Didiza voted against the impeachment report in 2022 when she was a Minister.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in South Africa on 26 May 1948. They represented a major turning point in the country's history, as despite receiving just under half of the votes cast, the United Party an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_South_African_general_ele…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tshwane riots occurred in the South African city of Pretoria and the surrounding City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality for several days from 20 June 2016, leading to the deaths of at least fiv…
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Claim 10: “the committee [is] 31-member”

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One web search result explicitly mentions the '31-member impeachment committee', but no other independent sources provided in the evidence confirm this specific number.

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web search NEUTRAL — 12 hours ago · The National Assembly adopted amended rules that will govern the work of the 31-member impeachment committee investigating allegations ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZB3Cpl-LS0

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