President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to face members of the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon during an oral question-and-answer session in Parliament.
Although last week’s ruling by the Constitutional Court of South Africa on the Phala Phala matter does not officially appear on the order paper, opposition parties are expected to raise the issue through follow-up questions.
Parliamentary rules state that supplementary questions must relate directly to the original questions posed to the president.
The Constitutional Court recently ruled that Parliament must establish an impeachment committee to investigate prima facie evidence linked to foreign currency stolen from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in 2020.
During Thursday’s session, Ramaphosa is also expected to answer questions relating to the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to crime hotspots and the process followed in placing suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola on precautionary suspension.
Meanwhile, Parliament confirmed that National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza met with chief whips on Wednesday to discuss proposals regarding the establishment of the impeachment committee.
Didiza has already tabled the Section 89 independent panel report before the National Assembly, marking the first of five procedural steps she outlined following the Constitutional Court judgment.
The remaining steps include formally sharing the report with Ramaphosa and initiating the process to constitute the impeachment committee.