(Zondo Commission) after the North Gauteng High Court granted it a three-month extension until June 2021.
Interestingly, on the other hand, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in his Budget speech on 24 February 2021 vowed not to give any further money to the commission to finish its work during the extended period. This is now the second year running of it not getting money since the extra R272.9-million allocated in 2019.
To rub salt in the wounds, the disrespect the commission has been worried about came to fruition when another key witness, the director of Swifambo Rail, Auswell Mashaba, defied it.
According to Mboweni, “this perpetual extension… is not really conducive – they must finish their work”. If only pushing processes to finality as soon as possible was the approach of the government and/or its ministers in their different portfolios, South Africa would have been a better place with regard to service delivery.
Darren Sampson faces suspension from practising law for swearing at judge The Legal Practice Council wants to suspend the attorney with bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety who could not get the mental health support he needed and eventually swore at a judge. Picture: 123rf
The Legal Practice Council (LPC) wants the High Court in Pretoria to suspend a depressed and anxious former senior assistant state attorney for swearing at a judge 16 times. The court is scheduled to hear the LPC’s application on 16 February.
The incident took place during an online court case on 16 September 2020 and was widely covered by the media.
Attorney who swore 16 times at judge in court faces suspension The Legal Practice Council wants to suspend attorney Darren Sampson, who suffers with bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety 16 February 2021 - 06:00 By Anna Majavu Former senior assistant state attorney Darren Sampson grows mielies and other vegetables in his garden. The Legal Practice Council wants Sampson, who has severe anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder, suspended. Image: Ihsaan Haffejee / New Frame
The Legal Practice Council (LPC) wants the high court in Pretoria to suspend a depressed and anxious former senior assistant state attorney for swearing at a judge 16 times.
The court is scheduled to hear the LPC’s application on Tuesday.
Gogo kicked out of her home after hubby dies
By Roland Mpofu
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Johannesburg - Gogo Selina Mashaba says she is destitute after her stepchildren allegedly evicted her from her matrimonial home and she is struggling to find money to pay for the legal fees required for her to change the ownership of the property into her name.
Mashaba, says her woes started in 2013 when she got married to her late husband after his first wife was deceased and she moved in with him. She says her stepchildren started to resent her and told her to leave the house.
The 67-year-old says things got worse when her husband got sick and frail due to old age. Mashaba alleges that she was verbally and physically abused and she ended up getting a protection order.
Set up to fail: the prospective candidate attorney’s calamity
“Candidate attorney wanted. Must be in possession of a valid driver’s license and must have own vehicle. Must be fluent in Afrikaans. Salary R5 500 non-negotiable.”
Structural racism is a complex, dynamic system of conferring social benefits on some groups and imposing burdens on others, resulting in segregation, poverty, and denial of opportunity for millions of black people.
South Africa’s history of apartheid, structural racism and racial segregation negatively impacted black South Africans’ access to education and professional opportunities and impacting the socioeconomic participation of black South Africans. The transformation of a united and racism-free South Africa has been spearheaded by the legal profession, yet it is ironic that the legal profession itself seems to be some light years away from transformation.