Mkhwebane lodges complaint against retired ConCourt Judge Chris Jafta

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has lodged a complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) against retired Constitutional Court Judge Chris Jafta.

This relates to Jafta’s judgment in a case between Mkhwebane and President Cyril Ramaphosa. 

In her affidavit, Mkhwebane accuses Jafta of having breached the judicial code of ethics by stating in his judgment that she had changed the wording of the Executive Code of Ethics in her findings against President Ramaphosa in her CR17 investigation.

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However, she failed to have the Constitutional Court rescind the judgment.

Now, Mkhwebane has turned to the JSC saying while she understands that the commission is precluded from entertaining a complaint arising from a court judgment or order Jafta’s judgment was erroneous and that the judge’s choice of words exceeded the bounds of judicial censure.

Mkhwebane responds to Ramaphosa’s decision to take her report on judicial review: