High court judge reassigns Mkuseli Apleni’s case, citing overwork
The challenge in which Apleni seeks to have the decision by Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize to suspend him from his position declared unlawful, was due to be heard on Tuesday
Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni’s legal bid to have his suspension overturned has hit a snag after the judge asked for his case to be assigned to another judge‚ due to her workload and the "complexity" of the case.The judge handling the High Court in Pretoria’s urgent roll for this week felt she had too much on her plate to preside over the application.The court challenge in which Apleni seeks to have the decision by Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize to suspend him from his position declared unlawful, was due to be heard on Tuesday.But Apleni’s attorney‚ SJ Thema‚ said they met the judge on Tuesday morning and she deferred the matter to the deputy judge president‚ to allocate another judge to proceed with the matter."She feels she has too many matters on her roll and this matter‚ and because of its nature its complexity‚ she’d rather defer to the deputy judge president to give us a special allocation‚" he said.Thema said the parties would meet deputy judge president...
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