The South Africa National Assembly has blocked the reports against President Cyril Ramaphosa calling for his impeachment.
A report had alleged that the president kept $580,000 cash in his Phala Phala game ranch.
The report presented before the assembly claimed Ramaphosa could have committed a financial crime while in office.
However, the president denied any wrongdoings and said only the assembly could decide if he did or did not.
The assembly sitting on Tuesday voted for or against the report and the majority voted against the report, thereby dismissing it.
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The Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula refused a secret ballot despite protests by some of the lawmakers.
In the manual vote cast, 214 members of the assembly voted against the report and 148 members voted for it with the votes for it not reaching the 50 percent constitutionally accepted threshold, the impeachment proceedings could not begin.
