Dear Editor
More than 15 years after the 2008 misconduct complaint against Judge President John Hlophe was lodged, he appears to be finding creative new ways to delay the proceedings.
It has now emerged that suspended Judge President Hlophe’s appeal against the gross misconduct findings made against him has lapsed, as he states he is unable to afford the printing costs to produce a full record of the decade-long proceedings. Hlophe is now shamelessly attempting to secure unlimited and unconditional taxpayer funding for his litigation. It is beyond doubt that this funding will then subsequently be used to fund further Stalingrad tactics.
This occurs two years after the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) found Hlophe guilty of gross misconduct, and six months after President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended Hlophe from office. The finding of gross misconduct resulted in Parliament initiating removal proceedings under section 177 of the Constitution.
The integrity and esteem with which the Judiciary is held is paramount to South Africa’s future. The DA calls on the Portfolio Committee of Justice to continue with removal proceedings under Section 177(1)(b) of the Constitution, as opposed to waiting for the outcome of further court proceedings which are serving only to stall these important removal proceedings.
Regards
Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach MP
DA Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Stacker Of Wheat
Van is getting married, but he and his fiancee have never done the deed – in fact he\’s never been with any woman before. He\’s getting more and more nervous as the big day approaches, so he confides in his friend. His friend says \’No worries man. I\’ll come by the honeymoon suite before you guys get there, and I\’ll hide behind the curtain, and I\’ll whisper instructions to you.\’
\’You\’d do that for me?\’
\’Sure thing man!\’
So the wedding day arrives, it was a lovely service (so I was told, I wasn\’t there myself) and Van\’s friend sneaks into the honeymoon suite as promised and hides behind the curtain.
Van and his new wife arrive in the room, get settled on the bed, and things are getting steamy.
But Van is still super nervous and his tummy is bubbling, so he murmers to his wife, \’Listen babe, I\’m just gonna go to the bathroom quick. I think it\’s that wors roll from earlier.\’
\’Sure thing babe.\’
So Van goes into the bathroom, and he\’s taking quite a long time. And his wife is starting to feel the nerves herself. And it\’s getting worse. She can\’t hold it in. But she doesn\’t want to go after he\’s gone and totally ruin the mood. So she looks around and finally finds a shoebox. Quickly, she does her business in the shoebox, and she shoves it under the bed just as Van comes back from the loo.
Van gets back on the bed and they go at it again. But after a minute or so Van smells something not so lekker.
\’What\’s that smell?\’
\’Nothing babe,\’ he wife tries to assure him.
\’No man there\’s definitely something not so lekker in this room!\’VSo Van starts looking around the room, in the corners, in the cupboard, and finally he looks under the bed, and sees the shoebox.
He pull it out, and opens it up, and in horror he shouts \’Sies! Daar\’s kak in hierdie doos!\’
And from behind the curtain his friend yells, \’NEE MAN, DRAAI HAAR OM!\”
57 Pixels
The child who claims to know as many proverbs as his father should be allowed to pay taxes