Justice dept paid 'preposterous' fees for legal opinion on possible pardon for King Dalindyebo | azarrahk
The Department of Justice has refused to comment on fees paid to the junior counsel it solicited through the Office of the State Attorney to work on abaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo's presidential pardon.
As a result, the Department of Justice, through the Office of the State Attorney, solicited the services of an ex-department of spokesperson, and now private advocate, Mthunzi Mhaga.Mhaga charged R191 596 for two months work, but the problem lies in what he charged for.
"It took him 10 hours to study one little provision in the Constitution relating to pardons?" asked another. Mhaga was admitted as a lawyer in 2002, but worked at the department for 17 years. He registered with the Pretoria Bar Council as a junior counsel last year and started working on the Dalindyebo case later that same year.The Department of Justice redirected News24's questions to previous answers which did not address this matter.
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