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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke Africa correspondent

South Africa: ANC says it will block efforts to impeach Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa leaves an ANC national executive committee meeting in Johannesburg on Monday. Photograph: Jérôme Delay/AP

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has said it will block attempts to impeach the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, at a crucial vote in parliament on Tuesday, providing relief to the embattled leader after days of uncertainty about his political future.

Ramaphosa launched legal action on Monday to challenge a report handed over last week by an independent panel appointed by parliament that accused him of serious misconduct after the theft from his private game ranch of somewhere between $500,000 (£410,000) and $5m in cash almost three years ago.

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