South Africa’s parliament voted against starting impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a report that says he held undeclared foreign currency at his farm in 2020.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa looked relaxed as he made a brief appearance at a meeting of the African National Congress (ANC) party’s national working committee, which is discussing his political fate.

The calls follow allegations by the country’s former head of intelligence, Arthur Fraser, that Mr Ramaphosa tried to conceal the theft of a huge sum of cash stuffed into couches at his Phala Phala game farm in 2020.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied allegations of money laundering while being questioned by politicians over a scandal that threatens his position and the direction of Africa’s most developed economy.