Proving that "sorry" really is the hardest word, Mogoeng Mogoeng is set to appeal against a Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) order to apologise for comments he made last year.
The chief justice veered into a controversial lane in June, when he ventured his opinion on SA’s policy on Israel in a public webinar. When he drew flak, he doubled down, telling a prayer meeting he would not apologise or retract, "even if 50-million people were to march every day for 10 years". Then, a dramatic dénouement: "If I perish, I perish."..
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