ANC defends court pause in Ramaphosa impeachment process [SOUND]

# The ANC believes the legal and parliamentary processes involving president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala matter must be allowed to run their course. According to the party, the High Court in the Western Cape only paused, not cancelled, Parliament’s impeachment hearings while Ramaphosa’s court review is heard in September. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula told the media a fair legal process will ensure South Africans can have confidence in the final outcome: