A CANDIDATE for judicial appointment was on Wednesday questioned at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) about whether judges’ spouses should be able to have business interests.While judges do not hold directorships and shares in private companies, holding shares in listed companies is quite common for judges. It is only required that these are declared.Spouses are free to be involved in business, even as directors but where there may be a conflict as a result of a judge’s spouse’s interests, the judge will recuse himself from a case.Judges are required to disclose the spouse’s interests, unless the spouse refuses.However, during an interview with senior counsel Takalani Madima, JSC commissioner and EFF leader Julius Malema questioned whether it was appropriate for judges’ spouses to have business interests, even where these would not give rise to a conflict.In his questionnaire, Madima disclosed that his company Hamisi of Sena Investments held a diverse portfolio of shares. During...
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