CARMEL RICKARD: Not the whole truth
In an urgent application brought before a Lesotho judge one Sunday afternoon, facts were omitted that later changed the complexion of the case
The SA judiciary can sometimes be affected by problems faced by judges in neighbouring states. Take, for instance, the case of Lesotho’s appeal court president, Kananelo Mosito, who faces possible impeachment, with a tribunal investigating his fitness for office because of alleged nonfiling of tax returns since 1996. Quite properly, no judge from Lesotho has been involved in the tribunal — it would put local judges in an invidious position if they had to decide whether to recommend impeachment of their country’s top judicial officer. Instead, three retired SA judges were asked to help out: judge Fritz Brand, who chaired the tribunal, and judges John Foxcroft and Neville Hurt. It has been a fraught business, with Mosito using numerous legal points to delay or frustrate the hearings. Finally, though, and despite an 11th-hour attempt to stop its work, the hearings were completed on Thursday October 20 and the three judges are now writing their report. But just two days after the conclu...
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