Hearing begins on alleged racist language used by retired judge Nkola Motata
The tribunal investigating complaints against retired judge Nkola Motata began on Wednesday morning with evidence leader Ivy Thenga calling the first of two witnesses to testify. The Judicial Conduct Tribunal is probing complaints that Motata used racist language at a crash scene in January 2007, and that he breached judicial ethics by putting an untrue defence before the court during his drunk driving trial. The tribunal president is KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Achmat Jappie‚ sitting with Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Nambitha Dambuza and attorney Ilan Lax. Motata crashed his Jaguar into the wall of a home in Hurlingham‚ Johannesburg‚ in the early hours of January 6 2007. He was alleged to have made racist comments at the scene of the crime. Jappie‚ at the beginning of the hearing held at the Office of the Chief Justice in Midrand‚ said the tribunal should investigate‚ make findings and report on only these three issues: • Whether the statements made by Motata at the scene of the...
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