Mogoeng, a devout Christian who served as chief justice from 2011 to 2021, was in Israel with a 90-member delegation from South Africa as part of the annual Feast of the Tabernacles.
Mogoeng, a devout Christian who served as chief justice from 2011 to 2021, is in Israel with his wife, Mmaphefo, and a 90-member delegation as part of the annual Feast of the Tabernacles.
The Judicial Conduct Committee has instructed former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to issue an unconditional apology for his comments regarding the Israel, Palestine conflict.
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South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is seen at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko.
South Africa’s chief justice on Sunday rebuffed a demand that he publicly apologize for comments in which he criticized his country’s hostile policy toward the State of Israel, countering that he had not overstepped his authority as a judge in doing so.
Mogoeng Mogogeng told a prayer meeting on Sunday night that the constitutional provision invoked to censure him on four counts of misconduct had been misapplied. “That provision is about ensuring that while you are a judge, you can’t become a mayor, you can’t become a premier, you can’t become a minister, you can’t become a member of Parliament because you will then be exercising executive authority,” Mogoeng stated, saying that he had made his points about Israel as a South African “citizen.”