South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has secured the backing of his party’s ​top decision-making body over a scandal triggered by the theft of bundles ‌of cash in foreign currency hidden in a sofa on his ranch, SABC reported. The reported endorsement from the African National Congress party’s National Executive Committee over the “Farmgate” scandal offered Ramaphosa ​a potential lifeline as he fights calls to resign. An ANC spokesperson did not ​immediately respond to a request for comment on the report by ⁠the public broadcaster, which did not give more details on the support it ​said was made at a meeting on Wednesday.
Ramaphosa said on Monday he respected a ​constitutional court ruling that revived impeachment proceedings against him over the scandal, and pledged to defend himself.

Full report : South Africa’s Ramaphosa gets party backing over ‘Farmgate’ scandal, SABC reports.