The Constitutional Court has refused to hear an appeal against an interim interdict that brought public hearings in the Phala Phala impeachment inquiry to a halt, leaving Parliament’s process in limbo while another court battle plays out. The Constitutional Court ultimately found that it would not be in the interests of justice to hear the appeal at this stage. Phala Phala hearings remain on holdThe legal dispute centres on the impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa following the controversy surrounding the theft of foreign currency from his Phala Phala game farm. The latest Constitutional Court decision means the interim interdict remains in place for now. The dispute centres on allegations surrounding the theft of approximately $580,000, or about R9.6 million, from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm in Limpopo in February 2020.