Pleas for leniency and a chance to prove herself were fruitless for acting judge Livhuwani Vuma on Wednesday as the Judicial Service Commission elected not to recommend her for one of 10 vacant positions as a Gauteng high court judge.
Vuma endured a grilling interview after it came to light that at one point during her stint as an acting judge for urgent matters, she invited lawyers to meet her at a Spur restaurant in Benoni on a Sunday afternoon instead of heading to chambers.
From there, it was a downward spiral for the aspiring judge who was the last of 17 candidates to be interviewed for the positions. I can't even imagine a court taking place at a place that sells alcohol. From Spur it goes straight into a shebeenAt that point, the respondent had not been served with notice of the lingering urgent matter, she said.
“Had the parties expressed their displeasure, I certainly would have weighed my options and I am not saying that justifies what they raise as a concern because I believe this concern is bigger than the parties that were involved in the matter,” Vuma said. Mlambo pressed further, asking her whether she was aware of protocol that she had to alert a senior judge and the judge president or deputy judge president of any sittings she had intended to have outside court.“I did engage with my senior, informed him of my circumstances and he gave me his consent and, yes, I further accept that at the time, I was not aware that I should have escalated it to the JP or DJP,” she said.
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