But tribunal finds that it is gross negligence to fail to deliver 27 judgments within accepted time-frames
A Judicial Conduct Tribunal has cleared Gauteng High Court Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi of charges of gross misconduct, which could have seen her removed from office. Illustration: Lisa NelsonInstead the tribunal has said she is guilty only of misconduct and of being “grossly negligent in breach of the Code of Judicial Conduct”, for failing to deliver 27 judgments within accepted time-frames.
Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi said she would feel internal tremors and visualise flashes of shadows, sometimes in court. On one occasion, she made a strange sound that caught everyone by surprise, including herself. She felt so embarrassed that she adjourned the proceedings to collect herself. On the issue of incapacity, the tribunal said the constitutional provision on this issue had to mean a permanent inability to perform judicial functions, not a temporary incapacity.
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