00:00South Africa's parliament will on Monday hold the first meeting of a special committee to examine allegations in the farm
00:08gate scandal involving President Siria Ramaphosa.
00:11The committee was revived this month after a constitutional court ruling pushing forward impeachment proceedings that have dogged Ramaphosa's presidency.
00:21The case centers on large sums of cash stolen from a sofa at his game farm in 2020, raising questions
00:28about money's origin and why it was hidden.
00:32The 31-member committee's first task will be to elect a chair.
00:36The Democratic Alliance DA party, the second largest party in the coalition government, says the chair should not come from
00:43Ramaphosa's African National Congress ANC.
00:46The DA remains critical of the president and has pledged to hold him accountable of wrongdoing if confirmed.
00:54Ramaphosa denies any misconduct.
00:58The president has pledged to hold him accountable of wrongdoing if confirmed.
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