Cosas 4 judge to rule on trial recusal application next Wednesday
Judge knew two accused had been refused amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The judge in the world’s first-ever trial for the crime of apartheid will rule next Wednesday on whether he should recuse himself because he knew that the two accused former security policemen, who blew up four youths in 1982, were refused amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Judge Dario Dosio heard argument in the Johannesburg high court on Wednesday from counsel for former Vlakplaas askari Ephraim Mfalapitsa — once number three to uMkhonto we Sizwe chief Joe Modise — and former security branch explosives expert Christiaan Rorich, why he should turn the imminent trial over to another judge...
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