A Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of gross misconduct against Judge Tintswalo Makhubele got into its first day on Tuesday.
JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo has spoken of his concerns over Judge Tintswalo Makhubele’s suitability for judicial office.
The allegations are contained in a complaint lodged by lobby group Unite Behind and Focus, in part, on Makhubele’s acceptance of an offer to chair the interim board of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa after she was recommended for appointment as a judge in late 2017. Judge President Dunstan Mlambo told the tribunal that Judge Tintswalo Makhubele initially tried to conceal that she had accepted an offer to chair the Prasa board and that she only revealed it when he pressed her.And under cross-examination by her counsel, Vincent Maleka, he also revealed that, for him, this brought into question her suitability for judicial office.
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