National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has referred a request by the African Transformation Movement’s (ATM) for Parliament to set up an inquiry into the Phala Phala saga to go to an independent panel.

In her response to the ATM who had filed their initial request for a Section 89 inquiry to be set up to probe the allegations, and had to file another application, Mapisa-Nqakula said the subsequent request had been successful.

She said: "Now that the motion complied with the Rule, the other steps as per the rules will follow, including the appointment of the independent panel."

The panel will decide whether President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer on the allegations of money laundering, among others, related to a robbery at his Phala Phala farm.