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Cross examination of Mbenenge in sexual harassment probe come to an end

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JudiciaryBL Premium reports that the evidence leader on Thursday concluded her cross examination of Eastern Cape judge president Selby Mbenenge at the judicial conduct tribunal which is investigating a complaint of sexual harassment against him.

Mbenenge was on the stand from Monday until Thursday testifying about the sexual harassment complaint made against him by judges’ secretary Andiswa Mengo. She has accused the judge president of sexually harassing her in their engagements on WhatsApp from June 2021 to 2022, and physically as well. If found guilty of gross misconduct, Mbenenge could be impeached, lose his job and all the benefits that go with it. The judge throughout the tribunal argued that communications between him and Mengo were “consensual and flirtatious”. In her cross examination, evidence leader advocate Salome Scheepers on Thursday continued to quiz Mbenenge on claims he asked Mengo for oral sex in his chambers at the Mthatha High Court in November 2022.   When Scheepers put it to him that because there was no full day footage of 14 November 2022 and that it could not be dismissed that the incident happened, Mbenenge denied the proposition. “The version of the complainant is denied. We can repeat this 100 times, it is not going to change. All I am going to say is, this is becoming highly malicious,” Mbenenge indicated. Mengo previously told the tribunal that a security guard at the court informed her that Mbenenge had ordered footage of the said day to be wiped off. The tribunal will reconvene on 21 October for oral arguments before it delivers a decision.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sinesipho Schrieber at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)


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