LETTER: Transformation at all costs
A desire to become wealthy should disqualify one from serving as a judge, magistrate or prosecutor
If we are going to allow judges, magistrates and prosecutors to argue that they would earn considerably more if they worked in the private sector, we will provide them with an incentive to help defence attorneys earn more money, which can best be done by letting defence attorneys win more cases, thereby increasing the number of clients clamouring for their services.
I want to vomit when I hear of high court judges earning more than R150,000 a month, and frankly I'm tired of hearing about the need to transform the judiciary. If (black) candidates are motivated by a desire to get stinking rich — instead of a desire to serve their fellow man — we don’t need them...
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