Western Cape High Court: Dismisses Applications on Impeachment Evidence Leader

The Chairperson of the Impeachment Committee for Section 89 Enquiry, Mr Makashule Gana, welcomed the Western Cape High Court's dismissal of the applications brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African Legal Professionals Association (ALPA). The applicants were challenging the committee's earlier decision to withdraw its recommendation of Advocate Thandazani Madonsela SC as chief evidence leader. The High Court made its ruling on Friday. The Chairperson said the committee will now go ahead with the appointment process of a new chief evidence leader for the committee. The committee had resolved to wait with appointing an evidence leader until the court matter was settled. "We welcome the judgement and I want to thank our legal team that represented the committee on this matter," he said. Read the original article on Parliament of South Africa . AllAfrica publishes around 600 reports a day from more than 90 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals , representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica . To address comments or complaints, please Contact us . AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items daily from over 90 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC. Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy . We need to confirm your email address. To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you. There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.