Mojapelo made this finding in two dissenting separate decisions concerning complaints lodged by Gauteng judge president Dunstan Mlambo against the two judges for a number of outstanding judgments in the cases they presided over.
He apologised to those affected by his inability to work and undertook to “even out” all outstanding work.It is not within the powers of this committee to grant pardon to judge Maumela as he suggests. The task of this committee is to determine the forum at which the complaint against him will be determined,” said judge of appeal Nambitha Dambuza in her decision.allegations which formed the basis of the complaint related to Maumela's core duties as a judge.
In her written response to the allegations. Mngqibisa-Thusi said she had been suffering from anxiety and depression for a “couple of years”, caused, among other things, by her son’s addiction to drugs, together with “an age-old problem that required her to undergo some form of African initiation”. The problem seemed to have subsided for a while. However, in the four years or so preceding 2020, it started “creeping back, incrementally”, to the extent that during November 2020 she had an “episode” while presiding over a criminal case in court.
“These problems are not isolated to the present respondent judge. They are societal in nature and may thus manifest themselves in other spheres of government and in society in general.”not necessarily a “problem” and he would use a more neutral term like condition.Mojapelo said the incident and resurgence of African spirituality was an African phenomenon.
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