LETTER: Fikile Mbalula skates on thin ice over judge president
Unbecoming language regarding John Hlophe in Prasa ruling undermines respect for the independence and integrity of the judge
It has been reported that transport minister Fikile Mbalula crossed swords with John Hlophe, judge president of the Western Cape High Court, after he ruled that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) must reinstate contracts with security companies that it terminated, until it finalises a new tender or institutes alternative security measures.
When asked about the matter, Mbalula reportedly replied by rhetorically asking of Hlophe whether he knows “how to run trains? He must ask himself that particular question before he makes himself a Mickey Mouse and turns our courts into something that must not be respected.”..
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