The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party will fight to hold everyone implicated in the Phala Phala matter accountable, including the Public Protector, party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela has said.
Speaking in a broadcast interview, Ndhlela confirmed the party is pushing ahead with its motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa, arguing that a simple majority of 50 percent plus one would be sufficient to remove him, unlike the two-thirds majority required for impeachment.
“We are going to hold all parliamentarians and government accountable,” Ndhlela said. “South Africans deserve better.”
Ndhlela accused the Democratic Alliance (DA) of hypocrisy, claiming the party had “bartered with the electoral vote to put themselves in cabinet in order to protect Ramaphosa.” He alleged the DA was “governing with a criminal” and had abandoned its stated high moral standards for access to power.
The MK Party spokesperson further threatened to pursue criminal investigations against all members of Parliament who participated in the vote that allowed the Section 89 panel report to be “swept under the carpet.”
“They are all complicit,” Ndhlela said. “They all deserve to also be questioned. Not only the president.”
He also called for the impeachment of the Public Protector, whose findings he described as “only meant to be presidential protection as opposed to public protection.”
Ndhlela made reference to the Phala Phala farm, which he said is held under a trust called Ntaba Nyoni, and promised the party would expose “a lot of transactions” related to the property.
“If you and I were to be found with cash in our couch in our homes, you’d be arrested immediately,” Ndhlela said, contrasting ordinary citizens’ treatment with that of the president. “Why is it that the president when he’s found with cash in his couch which is not of legal tender… is not arrested?”
While acknowledging the impeachment process would take longer, Ndhlela said the motion of no confidence could succeed sooner. He warned that any political party voting against accountability would face consequences from voters in the 2026 local government elections.
“We are the one party that’s going to hold everybody accountable,” Ndhlela said. “President Ramaphosa must now understand that it’s best for him to just resign, save South Africans from the trauma that he has caused us.”
