TMG Duigital reports that on Thursday the Constitutional Court heard two appeals by state officials who were found guilty of contempt of court for failing to comply with court orders.  

They were handed prison sentences that were wholly suspended on condition they complied fully with the court orders.  In one case, Mothusi Lepheana‚ a city manager for the Matjhabeng Local Municipality‚ was convicted of contempt of court by the High Court in Bloemfontein in 2014 for failing to comply with two court orders.  These orders had directed the municipality to pay some money it owed to Eskom.  The orders had also directed that if the municipality failed to pay Eskom within the agreed time‚ Lepheana should report to the court and give reasons for the default.  He did not.  In the second case‚ former Compensation Commissioner Shadrack Mkhonto was found to have been in contempt of court because he failed to comply with a court order requiring him to pay a compensation claim.  The court reserved judgment.

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