Delays in disciplinary processes against magistrates big cost to the state
Parliament must pass a resolution as to whether or not it approves the removal of magistrates from office
18 June 2020 - 13:53
The magistrate’s commission, a statutory body under the department of justice, has been plagued by long delays in finalising disciplinary processes in misconduct cases against magistrates.
These long delays entailed enormous costs to the state, the chair of the commission’s ethics committee, advocate Cassim Moosa, told a joint meeting of parliament’s two justice committees on Wednesday evening...
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