Polokwane-based legal practitioners to challenge JSC pick for judge president

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Polokwane-based legal practitioners to challenge JSC pick for judge president
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Judge Maake Kganyago, who was also up for the same position, was made to withdraw comments which the JSC labeled as tribilism

JOHANNESBURG: A Polokwane-based group of legal practitioners said on Sunday that it will be challenging a decision by the Judicial Service Commission recommending Limpopo High Court Judge, George Phatudi to be the province's next judge president.

The Amalgamated Lawyers Association wrote to the president, indicating its plans to challenge Phatudi's recommendation. The secretary general of the Amalgamated Lawyers Association told Eyewitness News that their reasons include that Judge Maake Kganyago, who was also up for the same position, was made to withdraw comments which the JSC labeled as 'tribalism'.

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