S Africa’s oppn puts Ramaphosa at mercy of his party in key vote

Bloomberg

South Africa’s main opposition parties want President Cyril Ramaphosa to be subjected
to impeachment proceedings after an advisory panel found he may have breached the constitution, leaving him reliant on the governing ANC to shield him from a parliamentary probe.
The panel headed by Sandile Ngcobo, a former chief justice, issued a scathing assessment of Ramaphosa’s handling of the theft of $580,000 that had been stuffed into a sofa at his game farm, and recommended that lawmakers consider censuring him. The National Assembly will decide on December 13 whether to adopt the report and set up its inquiry, a vote that needs a simple majority to pass.
The Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters, Inkatha Freedom Party and Freedom Front Plus, which together control 152 of the 400 seats in the legislature, on Thursday all said they will vote in favour of approving the panel’s findings.
The ANC has instructed its 230 legislators to block the report, but not all of them support Ramaphosa and some could vote alongside the opposition.