He had the rare ability of making the most mundane point sound interesting, says KZN judge president Achmat JappieAdvocate Kemp J Kemp. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/EMILE HENDRICKSHe was known to work all hours, sometimes in his pyjamas, sometimes shirtless, to the chagrin of the more staid in the legal profession.Kemp died at his Ballito home on Tuesday, a few weeks after being discharged from hospital, where he was treated for Covid-19.
He was well respected as a practitioner of integrity. He was down to earth and that was part of his charm A close friend and colleague, who did not want to be named, said: “Anyone who is anyone was lectured by him and they will tell you what a wonderful, wise and accommodating person he was. And this was pre-democracy, when people were not always kind and generous to black people.
“I knew him for more than 25 years. He had the rare ability of making the most mundane point sound interesting. The judges liked him. He was well respected as a practitioner of integrity. He was down to earth and that was part of his charm.” Driving to court together, they passed a newspaper poster that proclaimed: “Zuma lawyer stars in court.”Kemp responded: “That’s because I only come out at night.”
Adv Griffiths Madonsela, SC, said Kemp taught most black lawyers who studied law at the University of Zululand in the 1980s, including chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
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He took Jacob Zuma out of prison when Ntsukela Khuzwayo was allegedly raped by him he is no hero to me.
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