Drunk-driving judge costs taxpayers R14m while legal processes drag on
Judge Nkola Motata, who was found guilty of drunken driving, is still paid his full salary and has cost taxpayers nearly R14m since he was sent on special leave in 2007.FF Plus chief whip Corné Mulder said on Tuesday that this had been confirmed by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha in reply to a parliamentary question.Motata was convicted in the Johannesburg High Court in 2009 and sentenced to a fine of R20 000 or 12 months imprisonment."It now appears that the legal process against Motata has still not been finalised and that it was extended in the past nine years with various legal actions based on technicalities by the suspended judge. The matter is currently before the judicial conduct tribunal‚" said Mulder.Masutha replied that judge Motata’s special leave was not subject to him paying back a portion of his salary should the judicial conduct tribunal find him guilty of gross misconduct.Mulder said it was a "disgrace that the process was allowed to be in...
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