LETTER: Judges risk losing credibility
Selective justice and denigration of Busisiwe Mkhwebane continues in court
31 July 2019 - 05:02
It has become customary for judges to use disparaging language against the person of public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane in delivering their verdicts. This tendency is coloured by offensive prejudices and is alien to judicial proceedings.
A judge of the North Gauteng High Court continued with the denigration of Mkhwebane this week, sustaining without cause the personal attacks by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan on her integrity. Gordhan stooped low, to the point of contempt, without dealing with the unethical issues accentuated in the remedial actions...
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