Mpofu to face LPC today
The disciplinary hearing of outspoken Advocate Dali Mpofu SC will begin today as the Legal Practice Council (LPC) addresses some of the potentially politically explosive matters on its schedule.
This follows the council’s decision to await the outcome of the parliamentary process to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane before deciding whether to strike her off the roll.
City Press reports that Paul Hoffman SC, director of Accountability Now, asked the LPC to investigate Mkhwebane’s conduct in 2019 after the Constitutional Court finding that she had acted in bad faith during her investigation of the R1.1bn that was provided by the SA Reserve Bank to Bankorp between 1985 and 1991.
Mpofu, a prominent EFF activist, faces several charges relating to the breach of the LPC’s code of conduct, following his alleged outburst against Advocate Michelle le Roux, who was Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s legal counsel when he appeared before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in March last year.
The Johannesburg Society of Advocates found Mpofu guilty of an ethical violation for speaking disrespectfully to Le Roux during a heated exchange at the commission.
Mpofu will face Advocate Ramola Naidoo, Unisa professor of law Vuyo Peach and attorney Johann Grosskopf.
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