'Drunk judge' Motata fined R1.1m for misconduct, gets to keep salary for life

  • 📰 TimesLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 36 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 59%

South Africa Headlines News

The Judicial Service Commission has found that Judge Nkola Motata's conduct did not warrant his removal from office.

The JSC rejected its tribunal's recommendation made in April last year that the provisions of section 177 of the Constitution should be invoked in the matter after the tribunal had found Motata guilty of gross misconduct.Section 177 states that a judge may be removed from office if the JSC finds that the judge suffers from an incapacity‚ is grossly incompetent or is guilty of gross misconduct.

The JSC said Motata should pay a fine of R1.1m to the South African Judicial Education Institute over a period not more than 24 months from the date of the JSC decision.The announcement puts to bed a more than decade-long scandal which saw Motata fall from grace after he was recorded swearing at a home owner after he crashed his Jaguar into a Hurlingham wall while drunk.by the Johannesburg High Court, which sentenced him to a fine of R20,000 or 12 months’ imprisonment.

Following the tribunal's finding, it was up to the JSC to agree or disagree, after receiving further submissions from Motata on the tribunal's findings. Its decision was announced publicly on Thursday evening.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

And he can still practice. What a joke. Bush Law strikes again only in Africa

This is black privilege

Abasibiza ngamakhafula ko Greece bathola less fine ngoba bemhlophe this country is something else

BlackPriviledge

Imagine if he was an ordinary policeman. He would have lost his job a long time ago. George Orwell captured this perfectly when he wrote that some animals are more equal than others.

Wow. Another criminal living large off the taxpayers Rands. Bless SA.

I'll drink to that🍾

Bush law rules again. Before being allowed in court he should be forced to take a breathalyzer test

Anarchy

Glug glug.... brandewyn het nie brieke nie

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 28. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Judge Motata avoids impeachment, fined just over R1mThe order means Motata can continue receiving his pension and retain his title A whole 'Judge'. 🤣 We living under a circus tent I tell you.
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Judge Nkola Motata knows his fate, says chief justice Mogoeng MogoengThe Judicial Conduct Tribunal has finalised the case against disgraced judge Nkola Motata and is expected to make public its ruling soon The fact that this has taken ten years to sort out is because of black privilege I wish I could laugh but this is no laughing matter.. Honestly Well heeled ANC connected Black BBBEE elites are UNTOUCHABLE - no matter how much they steal or what crimes they commit they are never jailed or stripped of their ill gotten gains. For sure this group is privileged and protected.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Judge Motata cleared of impeachable conduct | News | National | M&GJSC Must've-been HUNGover . This judge suffered a lot. Let's give him a break. Black privilege .....🙄
Source: mailandguardian - 🏆 2. / 92 Read more »


Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »


Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

Judge Motata avoids impeachment, fined just over R1mThe order means Motata can continue receiving his pension and retain his title A whole 'Judge'. 🤣 We living under a circus tent I tell you.
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »