Parliament will meet next month to discuss the impeachment processes of Judge John Hlophe and retired Gauteng Judge Nkola Motata.
The judges have been given until 15 November to make representations to Parliament.Parliament is set to meet next month to discuss whether it will recommend the impeachment of Western Cape Judge President
The committee’s chairperson Bulelani Magwanishe said MPs have, therefore, decided not to invite public comment on whether Hlophe and Motata should be impeached. Hlophe and Motata will be given until 15 November to make written submissions on “extenuating circumstances” the judges would like the committee to consider before a decision is made.Motata had been cleared of gross misconduct by the JSC despite a finding that he had committed gross misconduct by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal. related to a January 2007 incident, where Motata crashed his car into the wall of a Hurlingham home and then made racist utterances to the homeowner, Richard Baird.
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