ATM calls for Ramaphosa impeachment following IPID Phala Phala report findings

The ATM has formally requested the Speaker of Parliament, Thoko Didiza, to initiate Section 89 impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. This action follows the release of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate IPID report concerning the Phala Phala farmgate scandal. The IPID investigation found that Major General Wally Rhoode, head of Ramaphosa's police security unit, and Constable Hlulani Rekhoto, deliberately concealed the theft of US dollars from the president's Phala Phala game farm and failed to report the crime to a police station. ATM national spokesperson Zama Ntshona stated that the report is a "damning indictment of the abuse of state power and the erosion of constitutional governance under Ramaphosa," citing findings of kidnapping, bribery, unlawful cross-border operations, and covert investigations outside the SAPS mandate. The ATM views these findings as indicative of a "rogue operation operating outside the law and in service of the President" and "institutional corruption embedded within state operations." The party plans to pursue impeachment proceedings, parliamentary oversight through an Ad Hoc Committee, and intervention by the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence. The ATM emphasizes that the Phala Phala scandal now concerns the abuse of state power to protect those in office. The IPID report was previously classified as "top secret" by then Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. A Constitutional Court judgment regarding Parliament's