JUDGE Mojalefa Rampai of the Free State High Court felt "insulted, humiliated and degraded" when Judge Nathan Erasmus, "an outsider", was brought from the Western Cape division to act as judge president in the Free State.Interviews for judge president of the Free State on Monday revealed all was not well among the senior judges in the division. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) could not reach a decision by majority vote for any of the candidates for the post, which will be readvertised.While the first two candidates interviewed, Judge Connie Mocumie and Judge Jake Moloi, simply said they did not know why Judge Erasmus was brought into the division, Judge Rampai was more vocal.Having acted for a few terms as judge president, he said things took an "unexpected twist" when now retired judge president Thekiso Musi "without any consultation" let him know he was not going to recommend him for the permanent appointment and had "already invited my friend Erasmus J".As far as he was awa...
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