The EFF took the case to the country’s highest court alongside the African Transformation Movement in 2024.
Malema said members of Ramaphosa’s ANC will impeach him because “the evidence will be before their eyes”.
Geordin Hill-Lewis, the leader of the Democratic Alliance, the second largest party in the governing coalition, said politicians must “uphold the rule of law”, and that parliament’s impeachment committee “must now do its work properly, rationally, fairly and constitutionally”.
This saga – dubbed “Farmgate” by local media – began in 2020, after the $580,000 had allegedly been stolen from Phala Phala, Ramaphosa’s farm in the northern Limpopo province.
Two years later, an independent panel found evidence that the president may have violated his oath of office, but in a debate that focused on its conclusions, parliament voted 214 to 148 against setting up an impeachment committee.
South Africa has strict rules on holding foreign currency, which say that it must be deposited with an authorised dealer such as a bank with 30 days. At the time, Ramaphosa said the cash was from selling a buffalo.
Three people are on trial for the alleged theft.
