The Johannesburg Society of Advocates has come out in defence of advocate Mahlape Sello SC – a member of the Section 89 panel appointed to establish whether there was evidence of wrongdoing by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Phala Phala matter.
The Johannesburg Society of Advocates says criticism of advocate Mahlape Sello is unsubstantiated.She was a member of the Section 89 panel who found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated the Constitution in the Phala Phala matter.
On Monday, the JSA said Sello adhered to the Uniform Rules of Ethics of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa and did not become personally entangled in clients' affairs. reported that the chairperson of Advocates for Transformation, advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, said criticism of Sello appeared to centre around her representation of suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule in an earlier case against the party and Ramaphosa.The JSA said the perceived lack of independence by Sello was unsubstantiated and informed by a misunderstanding of the law.
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