'Drunk' Judge Nkola Motata to Be Impeached GroundUp_News: SouthAfrica
The Judicial Services Commission was wrong to only find him guilty of misconduct and not gross misconduct, the SCA ruled.
The court said his behaviour at the scene after he drove drunk into a wall"was characterised by racism, sexism and vulgarity".The Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled that the Judicial Services Commission was wrong when it found that he was only guilty of"misconduct" and not"gross misconduct", for events 15 years ago when he drove drunk into a wall.
But Judge Visvanthan Ponnan, writing for the majority in the SCA, said the court, like the JSC, had not got it right.Judge Motato's drunk driving incident took place in January 2007 when he attempted to execute a u-turn and reversed into a wall. Judge Motata denied being drunk and claimed he had been"provoked", but this was rejected at his criminal trial and at the hearing of the tribunal.
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