WATCH | ‘R6m in the bin’, says Malema as opposition MPs criticise ANC

Despite ideological differences, opposition parties were largely in agreement about the outcome of the vote on whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should face impeachment. 

The DA, EFF, African Transformation Movement (ATM) and Freedom Front Plus agreed the ANC did the wrong thing by voting against the impeachment process. 

“Today is a sad day in South Africa where parliament seeks to reject a report that’s their own initiative. They’ve seen not less than R6m doing the investigations and decided to throw that R6m into a bin,” said EFF leader Julius Malema.

“We’re seeing the same ANC that defended [former president] Jacob Zuma coming out today using their majority in shielding President Ramaphosa  from any accountability,” said DA leader John Steenhuisen.