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‘Pravin Gordhan’s inquiry on judiciary matters inappropriate’ 15 April 2021 - 08:50 Constitutional law experts have described a private interaction between chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan which touched on matters of the judiciary as inappropriate and deserving of criticism. This comes after Mogoeng revealed that Gordhan had asked to meet him and during that meeting Gordhan asked about how his friend and judge Dhaya Pillay had fared during the interviews for a judicial post. This article is free to read if you register or sign in. If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue. ....
Judge Dhaya Pillay. Picture: TWITTER The Judicial Service Commission s shortlisting of Constitutional Court justices – during which JSC commissioner, Julius Malema, attacked Judge Dhaya Pillay for her friendship with Pravin Gordhan – is now being challenged in court. The Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution (Casac) on Thursday filed papers at the Johannesburg High Court, in which it challenges the constitutionality of those interviews, which saw Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng actively politicising Pillay s interview – after Malema accused her of being an activist judge , and said she was unfit for office because of her friendship with Gordhan. In the closing moments of Pillay s interview, Mogoeng suddenly remembered that then finance minister Gordhan had, during an unrelated meeting, asked him how she had done in her 2016 interview for a position at the Supreme Court of Appeal. ....
EFF leader Julius Malema. Image: ALON SKUY/THE TIMES EFF leader Julius Malema has responded to the members of the KwaZulu-Natal Society of Advocates who, in their personal capacities, slammed the treatment of two judges at the recent Judicial Services Commission (JSC) interviews. On Thursday, Malema responded to the complaint, saying, “They can voetsek”. They can voetsek Julius Sello Malema (@Julius S Malema) May 19, 2021 82 members of the society lambasted the treatment judges Dhaya Pillay and Piet Koen received during their interviews last month, saying it was in an “unfortunate manner”. “Overall this statement is advanced out of a concern that on account of the JSC interviews, the public may perceive that the two judges are somehow not worthy of their judicial positions,” said the members. ....
Sharon Seretlo, Gallo Images Casac complained to Parliament s Registrar of Members Interests about Julius Malema. The complaint is about Malema s unsubstantiated attacks on the judiciary and his conduct at the JSC. Casac wants the registrar to recommend Malema is in breach of the ethics code and should be withdrawn as a delegate to the JSC. The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) has complained to Parliament s Registrar of Members Interests over EFF leader Julius Malema s unsubstantiated attacks on the judiciary and his conduct at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Casac s executive secretary, Lawson Naidoo, has asked the registrar to recommend to Parliament s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interests that Malema is in breach of the ethics code and should be withdrawn as the National Assembly s delegate to the JSC. ....
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