Jabu Kumalo
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will appeal a decision by the Judicial Conduct Committee to apologise for his comments on Israel.
The JCC said it would determine an appeal date.
Complaints against Mogoeng were brought by Africa4Palestine, SA BDS Coalition and the Women s Cultural Group.
A defiant Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has resolved to challenge a decision by the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) to apologise for and retract comments he made about Israel during a webinar in 2020. The Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has signified his intention to appeal the decision made by [Judge Phineas Mojapelo], a member of the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC), in the complaints lodged by Africa4Palestine, SA BDS Coalition and the Women s Cultural Group, the JCC said in a statement on Sunday.
In a democracy worthy of the name, the mentally invalid are not judged. But in a true democracy, one is.
In the nine months that have passed since Mogoeng made those remarks, the chief justice has made it abundantly clear that he will never apologize for expressing his support for Israel. “Even if 50 million people were to march every day for 10 years for me to do so, I would not apologize,” he told local media outlets a few days after the webinar, going on to quote Queen Esther on the eve of her mission to defeat Haman: “If I perish, I perish.” Indeed, that last comment so exercised the JCC that the apology scripted for Mogoeng’s covers those words as well as his original statements about Israel!
Jabu Kumalo
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng needs to understand that criticising Israel for its human rights violations is not anti-Christian, writes
Roshan Dadoo.
In a significant victory for the Palestine solidarity movement, the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) has instructed Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to retract statements that he made on Israel s occupation of Palestine, and apologise unconditionally to the South African BDS Coalition and two other pro-Palestine groups that had submitted complaints to the JCC.
The complaints centred on the statements that the Chief Justice made during a webinar hosted by the right-wing Israeli newspaper,
The Jerusalem Post, in June last year. Mogoeng headlined the event, along with South Africa s Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein, and the discussion was marketed under the theme Two Chiefs, One Mission .
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Even if 50 million people can march every day for the next 10 years for me to retract or apologise for what I said, I will not do it. I will never say I hate anybody or any nation. I will never. I love everybody. I love Israel, I love Palestinians… there is nothing to apologise for, there is nothing to retract.”
Mogoengâs legacy âhangs in balanceâ
By Thami Magubane
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Durban - Legal experts have said Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng should show contrition and apologise for remarks he made about Israel.
The comments come after the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) ordered him to unconditionally apologise and retract his pro-Israel views made in June last year. Chief Justice Mogoeng is the first chief justice in the countryâs democratic history to be sanctioned for inappropriate conduct.
Experts warned that the committeeâs finding had the potential to undermine his legacy and all his good works.
Chief Justice Mogoengâs tenure is expected to come to an end this year if he is not reappointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. He was appointed in 2009 by then president Jacob Zuma.