Overview
- The Section 89 Impeachment Committee resolved in mid‑June to oppose President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent Western Cape High Court application that seeks to interdict the inquiry.
- Parliament obtained an urgent legal opinion saying the committee is constitutionally bound to follow the Constitutional Court order that sent the Ngcobo/Section 89 report back to Parliament and should therefore oppose the interdict or file an explanatory affidavit.
- The African Transformation Movement and its leader Vuyolwethu Zungula filed papers opposing Ramaphosa’s bid and argued in court documents that allowing the interdict would let presidents delay or block impeachment processes.
- The committee will press ahead with preparatory steps, including a 24 June meeting to consider draft terms of reference and to begin appointing evidence leaders for the Section 89 inquiry.
- The Western Cape High Court has scheduled the urgent interdict hearing for 15 and 16 July 2026, a hearing that will test whether a High Court can stay or narrow a process that stems from a May Constitutional Court ruling and could set a lasting precedent on parliamentary oversight.