‘I never enforced apartheid through the barrel of a gun’: Gauteng judge candidate

South Africa News News

‘I never enforced apartheid through the barrel of a gun’: Gauteng judge candidate
South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines
  • 📰 TimesLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 20 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 59%

A visibly nervous advocate Daniel de Villiers SC on Tuesday took his seat to be interviewed for a second time this year for the position of a judge in the Gauteng division of the high court.

On Tuesday, urging him to “come clean”, Madonsela asked: “Did you serve in the army during the height of apartheid, when the military was harassing black people in the townships?”

“In my CV I did reflect that I served in the military, but let me take the commissioners to a dark time. I never served in the township because I didn’t want to. When you say soldiers harassed people in the township, I didn’t. That is because I made a plan. The plan was to do an advanced law course and I became a lawyer and I sat at the commando offices,” said De Villiers.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

TimesLIVE /  🏆 28. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

‘I never enforced apartheid through the barrel of a gun’: Gauteng judge candidateA visibly nervous advocate Daniel de Villiers SC on Tuesday took his seat to be interviewed for a second time this year for the position of a judge in the Gauteng division of the high court.
Read more »

Gauteng cops arrest scores of drunk driversGauteng police have arrested 960 suspects, including 85 alleged drunk drivers, while enforcing lockdown regulations at the weekend.
Read more »

Gauteng cops arrest scores of drunk driversGauteng police have arrested 960 suspects, including 85 alleged drunk drivers, while enforcing lockdown regulations at the weekend.
Read more »

WATCH LIVE | Judicial Service Commission interviews candidates for Gauteng high courtAfter the high court set aside its April interviews, the JSC on Monday put forward the same names as it did the last time around.
Read more »

Mashaba takes IEC to court over ballot paper omissionMashaba takes IEC to court over ballot paper omissionThe IEC’s final draft ballot papers for wards in Gauteng only contain the logo of ActionSA.
Read more »



Render Time: 2025-04-04 17:44:09