A blot that’s also a badge of honour
In almost 10 years of working as a journalist up to 1994, I never ever faced a formal complaint to my bosses or the industry watchdog, criminal charges or a civil lawsuit, from the subject of a story. It’s not
‘Recalcitrant’ East London Magistrate Dismissed As Axe Hovers Over Chief
By RAY HARTLE The axe has finally fallen on recalcitrant East London magistrate Xoliswa Stuurman. And the city’s chief magistrate Valerie Gqiba’s head is also on the block, possibly as a result of the Stuurman fallout. Stuurman was dismissed by
Ex-Magistrate Accused Court Clerk of Being a Witch
Dismissed East London magistrate Xoliswa Stuurman was known for her scathing rebukes of those who crossed her. The presiding officer at her disciplinary hearing, Germiston magistrate Mumtaz Dawray held that Stuurman’s “nasty remarks and unpleasant language” were aggravating factors leading
Dismissed Magistrate Xoliswa Stuurman ‘Abused Power’
Former East London candidate attorney Matthew Bell, one of the complainants in ex-magistrate Xoliswa Stuurman’s disciplinary tribunal, has welcomed her dismissal from the bench, saying the public at large and legal professionals had “suffered under the abuse of power”. Bell
President Tripped Over Own Audacity
By RAY HARTLE In his history of “The ANC in Exile”, Stephen Ellis suggested that the story of the ANC in government since 1994 inevitably caused people including himself, to ask new questions about its past “or to place new
‘My name is Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma’
Imagine if Jacob Zuma had to tell his truth, had to honestly explain why he had to vacate the office of President of South Africa, told us what propelled him to act in the way he did, how and why
Challenges for new Judge-President Selby Mbenenge
By RAY HARTLE New Judge-President of the Eastern Cape Selby Mfanelo Mbenenge may be the master of understatement when he says some of the disputes that come before the high courts of the province are the result of failure. The
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