JSC recommends judge's impeachment
Suspended Gauteng Judge Nana Makhubele faces removal from office after being found guilty of gross misconduct by the JSC which has recommended she be impeached.
BusinessLive reports that Makhubele is the third judge in SA history to face an impeachment vote in Parliament.
The JSC announced its decision on Friday.
Makhubele was found guilty of misconduct by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal in January on a complaint she accepted a job as a Prasa board member after she was appointed as a judge by Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo.
Civil rights organisation Unite Behind, which filed the complaint, argued Makhubele’s conduct undermined the independence of the judiciary and breached the separation of powers.
A second complaint related to Makhubele’s conduct during her tenure as Prasa chair.
Unite Behind accused her of settling a matter with a corruption accused company without a board mandate.
The tribunal found Makhubele acted in a manner ‘prejudicial to the independence, impartiality, dignity, accessibility, efficiency or effectiveness of the courts'.
The commission agreed.
‘The commission resolved to refer the matter to the Speaker of the National Assembly and to recommend the commencement of removal proceedings,' it said.
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