As a result of ‘unreasonable delays’ in delivering judgments, the JSC recommends Ramaphosa suspend them, pending a tribunal decision
Dunstan Mlambo, judge president of the Gauteng division of the high court in Johannesburg, February 3 2022. Picture: FELIX DLANGAMANDLA/GALLO IMAGES
The committee delivered its two reports to the JSC. After deliberating on the reports, the JSC requested chief justice Raymond Zondo to appoint a tribunal to consider the complaints and suspend both judges, pending the tribunal’s decision. At the time of Mlambo’s complaint in 2020 these 12 matters were either outstanding or had been handed down but only
paints a picture of a judge struggling over a long time with health problems but delivering judgments, understandably taking longer than other judges with no medical or health problems”. Mojapelo also found that “understanding is lacking” regarding particular circumstances of particular judges in a difficult working environment.
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