Ramaphosa to take Parliament’s Independent Panel report on review

President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at an event.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised that he will not resign over the Phala Phala matter and says he will be taking Parliament’s Independent Panel report on the matter on review after the Constitutional Court ruling last week.

The President insists he has not stolen any public money, committed any crime or violated his oath of office. The President was addressing the nation on Monday.

“I have therefore decided to proceed to take the Independent Panel’s report on review on an expeditious basis. I do so not out of disrespect for Parliament or its processes, but to affirm the need for such findings to be correct in law and in fact, especially where Parliament’s work would be based on and informed by a report I believe is flawed. I do so out of respect for the Constitutional Court judgment and the principles of judicial review that it reiterates and reinforces. I do so in fulfilment of the rights, obligations and processes contained in our Constitution.”

The Apex Court ruled on Friday that the rules governing Parliament’s impeachment process were unconstitutional.

The rules were challenged by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and African Transformative Movement (ATM) who argued that the National Assembly in 2022 acted irrationally when it decided not to appoint a committee to look into the recommendations of the independent panel that found that President Cyril Ramaphosa had a prima facie case to answer regarding foreign currency stolen from a couch on his Phala Phala farm in 2020.

There have been calls for Ramaphosa to resign following the judgment.

President Ramaphosa says he will not resign.

“I therefore respectfully want to make it clear that I will not resign. To do so would be to pre-empt a process defined by the Constitution. To do so would be to give credence to a panel report that unfortunately has grave flaws. To do so would be to abdicate the responsibility that I assumed when I became President of the Republic. To resign now would be to give in to those who seek to reverse the renewal of our society, the rebuilding of our institutions and the prosecution of corruption.”

I fully intend to continue serving the people of South Africa and to advance their interests. There is still much work to be done.

Eight years ago, we set out on a new path for our country. Even as we set out on this new path, we knew that progress would not be achieved…

— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) May 11, 2026