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Daily Maverick reports that Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge will finally testify on Monday at the mammoth Judicial Conduct Tribunal investigating allegations against him of sexual harassment.
The complaint was lodged with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) by court secretary Andiswa Mengo in January 2023. Mbenenge took special leave as a result of the controversy, but was not, as customary, suspended. It is the first major case of sexual harassment to reach the formal complaints process of the JSC. Mbenenge is the second-most senior judge president in the country and the sixth-most senior judge in judicial leadership. If found guilty, he might be just the third judge to face judicial impeachment in SA. Last week, several witnesses testified in favour of Mbenenge, including court secretaries and a Unicode expert on the technical architecture of emojis. The central complaint relates to power relations in the workplace. Mbenenge has not denied sending crude, suggestive and explicit WhatsApp messages to Mengo and has insisted their contact was consensual. The tribunal has heard that Mbenenge would not take “no” for an answer.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marianne Thamm at Daily Maverick
- Read too, Mengo said ‘no’ but Mbanenge kept on asking, tribunal hears, at Daily Maverick
- And also, Judge Mbenenge’s former secretary says he ‘was at the bank during alleged flashing incident’, at Mail & Guardian
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