“Arthur Fraser, the controversial one-time director-general of the State Security Agency, lodged a criminal complaint that millions of dollars were involved, that the proceeds constituted money laundering and that the President was involved in a cover-up to defeat the ends of justice.”

“According to him, the money ($580,000) was kept in a safe in an office at Phala Phala”

“On 18 July 2022, Mr Vuyolwethu Zungula, an African Transformation Movement Member of Parliament, submitted a substantive notice of motion to the Speaker in terms of section 89(1) of the Constitution and rules 129A to 129Q of the Rules of the National Assembly (NA) to initiate an inquiry into the removal of the President from his office”

“the Zungula motion did not allege corruption, money laundering or tax evasion on the part of the President. Rather, the complaint concerned the President having a business as a farmer, failing to report a crime and using former Presidential Protection Unit head Major General Rhoode to deal with the issue.”

“That required the constitution of an independent panel, in this case chaired by retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, which found that there were grounds for finding that the President’s conduct fell within the scope of section 89 of the Constitution.”