Isikhulu sezocwaningo aseneme ngokusingathwa kolukaMehluleli Omkhulu wakuleli
Isikhulu seResearch and Advocacy eJudges Matter, uMbekezeli Benjamin, uyigxekile indlela iJudicial Service Commission (JSC) esingethe ngayo ukuqokwa kweNhloko yaBehluleli entsha yezwe. UMehluleli weNkantolo YoMthethosisekelo uMbuyiseli Madlanga, uMengameli weNkantolo eNkulu uMandisa Maya, uMengameli waBehluleli eNkantolo Enkulu yaseGauteng, uDunstan Mlambo kanye nePhini leNhloko yaBehluleli uRaymond Zondo njengamanje baqokelwe ezikhundleni.
UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ukuqinisekisile ukuthi usewadlulisele kuKhomishana amagama amane njengalabo abaqokelwe isikhundla esiphezulu sezobulungiswa ezweni. IKhomishana ithi izokwenza inhlolokhono kuphela ngalesi sikhundla ngoNhlolanja wezi-2022.
UBenjamin usole iKhomishana ngokungabi nawo umuzwa wokuphuthuma ngokuqhamuka nalokhu athi ukubambezeleka okungenasidingo. “Eqinisweni kuyadumaza ukuthi iJudicial Service Commission inqume ukulugodla uhlelo lokuqoka. Isizathu abasibekile sokuyiphushela ngonyaka ozayo empeleni asiqinile ngokwanele. Siyakholwa ngokubona kwethu ukuthi iJSC ayilusukumeli lolu daba ngokushesha njengoba kufanele.
“Bekungamele yenze inhlolokhono ibe ngoFebhuwari. Bekufanele iqhutshwe ngoMasingana lapho izinkantolo nePhalamende sekuyikhefu futhi bekuzohlanganisa wonke umuntu,” kusho uBenjamin.
Ukuphawula kweDemocratic Alliance ngabagaqele esikaMehluleli Omkhulu
Umholi weDemocratic Alliance (DA) uJohn Steenhuisen uthi iDA iyabethemba bonke abane abaqokwe njengoChief Justice. USteenhuisen ungomunye wabaholi bamaqembu ezepolitiki abemelwe ePhalamende Likazwelonke oke wafaka imibono ngabaqokiwe.
Lokhu ngemuva kokuthi, uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ethumele uhlu lwamagama abantu abazongenela ukhetho kuKhomishini Yemisebenzi Yezobulungiswa (iJSC) kanye nabaholi beqembu ukuze balucubungule. Umnqamulajuqu wokuthi abaholi bamaqembu baphawule ngokufaneleka kwalabo abazongenela ukhetho bekungumhla zingama-24 kuLwezi.
IJSC iphinde yanquma ukuthi uhlelo lwenhlolokhono yabaqokiwe luzoba ngoNhlolanja wonyaka ozayo ngemuva kokunye ukuphawula komphakathi ngabaqokiwe. Abaqokiwe yiPhini leNhloko yaBehluleli uRaymond Zondo, iMehluleli weNkantolo YoMthethosisekelo uMbuyiseli Madlanga, uMengameli weNkantolo Enkulu Yokudluliswa Kwamacala uMehluleli uMandisa Maya, kanye noMengameli waBehluleli woPhiko lwaseGauteng, uDunstan Mlambo.
USteenhuisen uthi bonke labo abazongenela ukhetho bazofaneleka njengeMehluleli Omkhulu. “UMengameli uRamaphosa usithumelele incwadi esibuza ukuthi ibithini imibono nemibono yethu. Isicelo bekungokufaneleka kwabazongenela ukhetho asibeke phambili. Siphendule ngokuthi sibona sengathi bonke labo abazongenela ukhetho bazofaneleka ukuba yiMehluleli Omkhulu. Futhi singajabula uma omunye wabo engamiswa. Ngicabanga ukuthi wonke angaBehluleli abanerekhodi elihle kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi noma ngubani kubo uma eqokwa uzokwenza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokuba nguMehluleli Omkhulu waseNingizimu Afrika.”