The Western Cape High Court ruled on Friday in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to pause impeachment proceedings against him in the Phala Phala saga. Ramaphosa is accused of hiding from police and tax authorities a 2020 break-in and theft of $580,000 at his luxury Phala Phala farmhouse in the northern Limpopo province. Should the impeachment proceedings go ahead, they would be the first for a sitting South African president. It was rejected in a vote in the National Assembly, where the ANC held a majority, quashing the opening of impeachment proceedings at that time. However, the Constitutional Court overturned the parliament vote in May this year, leading to the establishment of the parliamentary impeachment committee.