The comments come after the Judicial Conduct Committee ordered him to unconditionally apologise and retract his pro-Israel views made in June last year. Chief Justice Mogoeng is the first chief justice in the country’s democratic history to be sanctioned for inappropriate conduct.
The legal experts said while the chief justice had the right to hold religious views, he should keep them private as it could create the appearance of conflict should a case that touches on religion land before the Constitutional Court. On June 23 last year, Chief Justice Mogoeng participated in a webinar with the Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Rabbi Warren Goldstein, hosted by The Jerusalem Post. The moderator was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Yakoov Katz, and the webinar was entitled “Two Chiefs, One Mission: Confronting Apartheid of the Heart”. During the webinar, the moderator asked Chief Justice Mogoeng about his support for Israel.
Paul Hoffman, of the Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa, said yesterday that it would be a sad day if the most senior judge in the country exited the office at the end of October with this cloud over his head. Stanley Malematja, an attorney with the Wits Law School, said if the chief justice apologised, it would show that he was not fixated on the hierarchy in the judiciary as “he is being asked by an institution and judge junior to him to apologise”. He said it was important for the chief justice to take into account his position of authority in society and consider it before he spoke.
“If, for instance, a case that touched on the Muslim religion rights versus those of Christianity came before the court and he had to preside over that case, there could be a view that the outcome of that case was already predetermined because the chief justice is so vocal about his Christianity.
TheMercurySA Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. We, true Bible believers, love Israel to beats.💖👏✔👍 May God bless Isreal. Our God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and ISRAEL. Any other God is just an idol.
TheMercurySA True Bible believers have only One God - the God of Abraham, Isaac and ISRAEL. Besides Him, all the rest are idols. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you( Psalm 122:6) we love Israel to beats💖💖💪
TheMercurySA Every Christian has a obligation to love and support Israel n it's people just like muslim support Saudi Arabia n its barbaric rules. Saudis teach their children to kill Christian's muslim will protect this salafist country with blood. This country is majority Christian.
TheMercurySA Moogoe Mogoeng is going down under his own sword 🤣 just so hilarious he's dragging the whole illegal nation of Israel down with him. Hehehehe, bye Felicia 😘
TheMercurySA Who the hell does mogoeng think he is If he is so devoted to his religion he shouldn't have taken the job of CJ If he doesn't retract he must voetsek
TheMercurySA Keep trying, we already know how it will turn out. Ignorance by choice, whole 'legal experts' never read to save themselves. You'll fall into the very same traps you imagine you are setting up for CJ, at the very same time you imagine he'll be ensnared🤞
TheMercurySA I hope people can notice something is wrong in South Africa
TheMercurySA 'contrition' the CJ has no reason to be contrite(remorseful). It's the JCC that should hang its head in shame for even entertaining such complaint and judge Mojapelo should rescind his utterly senseless ruling.
TheMercurySA Let Him stand for the truth. Cintinue to stand for the Kingdom og our God
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TheMercurySA Then what? Will contrition change his belief. FfS I wish people would stop this BS now and leave people be with an opinion of their own. Go be offended at home.
TheMercurySA He won’t. This one thinks he is occupying a semigod position
TheMercurySA He will never do it. He should not either.
TheMercurySA Leave Mr Mogoeng Mogoeng alone guys, or you'll regret yourself
TheMercurySA Hoffman and a couple of irrelevant jokers dare speak of Moegeng. The CJ's views are his and must be respected. He must never apologise for his views.
TheMercurySA The Chief Justice should just issue an apology of this nature...
TheMercurySA Kanti what happened to 'freedom of speech'?
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