South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that parliament violated the constitution by shielding President Cyril Ramaphosa from impeachment in 2022, prompting opposition leader Julius Malema to demand his resignation and raising the prospect of renewed impeachment proceedings.

Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party in South Africa, has called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately resign and for impeachment proceedings to begin against him.

Leading South African opposition figure Julius Malema has called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to resign after the Constitutional Court ruled parliament had violated the constitution by blocking moves to impeach him in 2022. The judgement follows a legal challenge by Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and others, and could result in fresh impeachment proceedings. Ramaphosa’s […] The post South Africa’s president faces call to resign after court ruling appeared first on The Namibian .