[MEDIA STATEMENT] Judicial conduct tribunal Mlambo against Maumela

Judicial Conduct Tribunal
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JUDICIAL CONDUCT TRIBUNAL TO CONDUCT HEARINGS ON THE COMPLAINT LODGED BY JUDGE PRESIDENT D MLAMBO AGAINST JUDGE T A MAUMELA
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The media is advised that the Judicial Conduct Tribunal (Tribunal) comprising of Judge C N Jafta, a retired Justice of the Constitutional Court, designated in terms of section 22(1)(a) of the Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 as the Tribunal President, and Judge D Davis, a retired Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court and retired Judge of the Western Cape Division of the High Court and Adv. N Rajab-Budlender SC, as a non-judicial member of the Tribunal, will reconvene to hear the complaint lodged by the Judge President D Mlambo against Judge T A Maumela.

The hearings will take place as follows:
Dates: 18 – 20 March 2024 and 22 March 2024
Venue: To be confirmed
Time: 10h00

If media houses wish to cover, broadcast and report on the Tribunal proceedings they are advised to submit written applications. This is in line with section 29 of the Judicial Service Commission Act (No.9 of 1994). This section prescribes that Tribunal proceedings shall be held in private and that there shall be no publication of those proceedings. The provision authorizes the Tribunal President to relax those conditions if so requested and is shown that a public hearing and publication of the proceedings will be in the public interest and would promote transparency. The applications should be submitted to Ms Mbali Mondlane email: MMondlane@judiciary.org.za and copy Ms Dimakatso Ramaisa email: DiRamaisa@judiciary.org.za – by no later than 16h00 on 8 March 2024. Please note that the submission of an application does not guarantee approval for admission. Approval for admission to cover the proceedings by the media is in the discretion of the Tribunal President in consultation with the Chief Justice. The ruling of the Tribunal President will be communicated via email.

Issued by the Secretariat of Judicial Conduct Tribunal
28 February 2024
Inquiries: Ms Mbali Mondlane
MMondlane@judiciary.org.za

Download the media statement here.